One Thousand and One Arabian Nights. OXFORD ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS.
rja549415<p>UK8vo HBdw/djillustrated 1st edn thus. FINE/FINE. Blue ink owner's name to top edge of ffebut no price-clip to dw/dj. Brightcrispcleanglossy laminatedcolour pictorial artwork by Stephen Lavisillustrated dw/djwith b/wpale blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Both headfoot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing and ubiquitous light fading/sunning - as usual/normal.Majority of any light creasing is to top edges of the dw/dja tiny snick/ puncture to dw/dj's front panel's vertical edge.Top edges slightly dust-soiled with minimal spotting/foxingfore-edges brighter but slightly grubbed/marked; contents brighttight clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Publisher's brightcrispcleansharp-cornered original plain red cloth boards with brightcrispblocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and near immaculate plain white endpapers.UK8vo HBdw/dj1st ednvipp1-249pp paginated includes Contents list/table35 chapters/stories12 full-pagefull colour illustrations/plates throughout the text and the bookplus b/w line illus chapter headtail pieces - all artwork by Stephen Lavis; plus unpaginated half-titletitle pagesColour plates list/ table and a dedication.<br />'Stories are carried from the desert Kingdoms of IndiaPersia and Arabia of a time overshadowed by the tall and glorious Shahryar of Sasan.<br />They are stories first told to the King under the black tent of nightby his Queen Shahrazad - stories of Sinbad the Sailor Pearl-harvest the lute-playerAla al-Din and the black dwarf Princess Shans al-Nahar and the wonderful Jinni of the Lamp.'<br />This is a completely new version of the Arabian Nights - translated and adapted by Geraldine McCaughrean - many of the stories have never appeared before in a collection for children.They include fablesromancesnarrative jokesand fairy tales and are linked to one another by the King and Queen's own love story.Shahrazad's attempts to stave off execution by telling just one more story have been expanded to fuller effect than in any previous version.<br />It is written in a style that is cleargripping and poetic - one which conveys the flavour of the original and preserves the context of a magicjinni-riddencrueldesert world. Please contact sellerbecause of the lighter weight of this itemfor correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!<br />N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE.<br /> N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> UK.OXFORD.OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS,1982. hardcover
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