Lot 397
Middle East.- Payne (John, translator) The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, 9 vol., number 109 of 500 copies, Printed for Villon Society by Private Subscription, 1882-84; Tales From the Arabic of Breslau and Calcutta (1814-18), 3 vol., 1884; and others (c.50)
Estimate: £400 - 600
Description
Middle East.- Payne (John, translator) The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, 9 vol., number 109 of 500 copies, spotting to first and last few pages, occasional light finger soiling, faint abrasion mark to pastedown (vol. 1 only), 1882-84; Tales From the Arabic of Breslau and Calcutta (1814-18), 3 vol., number 288 of an unspecified limited edition, occasional faint spotting, 1884, uniformly bound in publisher's boards, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Printed for the Villon Society by Private Subscription § Penzer (N.M., editor) The Ocean of Story, 10 vol., limited edition, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, privately printed, 1924-28; and c.35 others, travel and literature, mostly middle east, 8vo & 4to (c.50)
Description
Middle East.- Payne (John, translator) The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, 9 vol., number 109 of 500 copies, spotting to first and last few pages, occasional light finger soiling, faint abrasion mark to pastedown (vol. 1 only), 1882-84; Tales From the Arabic of Breslau and Calcutta (1814-18), 3 vol., number 288 of an unspecified limited edition, occasional faint spotting, 1884, uniformly bound in publisher's boards, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Printed for the Villon Society by Private Subscription § Penzer (N.M., editor) The Ocean of Story, 10 vol., limited edition, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, privately printed, 1924-28; and c.35 others, travel and literature, mostly middle east, 8vo & 4to (c.50)
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