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Item #2328093 The Arabian Nights Entertainments, in Four Volumes: Containing Sixty-Five Stories...

Burton, Sir Richard; Torrens, Henry; Lane, Edward; Payne, John

The Arabian Nights Entertainments, in Four Volumes: Containing Sixty-Five Stories Told by Shahrazade the Sultaness to Divert Shahryar the Sultan from the Execution of a Vow He Had Made to Avenge the Disloyalty of His First Sultaness; and Containing a Better Account of the Customs, Manners and Religion of the Eastern Nations Than is to Be Met with in Any Edition Hereto Published; Because the Text is One Which Sir Richard Burton Himself Desired to Own: the Definitive and All-Inclusive Burton Translation with the Addition of the Notes upon the Text Prepared by Those Scholars Who Had Previously Translated the Text into English from the Arabic, Notably Henry Torrens & Edward Lane & John Payne; and It Is Embellished with Miniature Paintings Made by Arthur Szyk

Ipswich / Great Britain: The Limited Editions Club / W.S. Cowell, Ltd., 1954. Szyk, Arthur. Hard Cover.

Small surface tear on base panel of one slipcase. Boards of volume one lightly soiled. Gilt on spine of all volumes lightly rubbed.

Four volume set in two slipcases: The First Volume; Notes.....

Price: $375.00

Item #2291182 Asiatic Mythology: A Detailed Description and Explanation of the Mythologies of All...

Hackin, J.; Huart, Clement; Linossier, Raymonde; De Wilman-Grabowska, H.; Marchal, Charles-Henri; Maspero, Henri; Eliseev, Serge; Couchoud, Paul-Louis

Asiatic Mythology: A Detailed Description and Explanation of the Mythologies of All the Great Nations of Asia

London: George G. Harrap & Co., Limited, 1932. First Edition. Large Hardcover.

First edition. No jacket. A near fine copy.

459, [1] pp. Blue cloth boards. Includes illustrations. CONTENTS: Introduction; The Mythology of Persia; The Mythology of the Kafirs; The Mythology of Buddhism in India; Brahmanic Mythology; The Mythology of.....

Price: $75.00

Hall, James

Legends of the West.

Philadelphia: Harrison Hall, 1832. First Edition. Full-Leather.

First edition. Boards rubbed and soiled, foxed throughout, a few gatherings sprung but not loose, ink gift note on front flyleaf.

265, [7] pp. 12mo. Howes H-73. Sabin 29787. BAL 6927. A collection of legends of the American West, compiled from local folklore.....

Price: $125.00

Heywood, Joseph C.

Salome, the Daughter of Herodias. A Dramatic Poem

New York: Putnam, 1862. Hard Cover.

Spine head and spine base lightly rubbed, bottom and top corners of front board bumped, pencil name on front paste-down endpaper.

251 pp. Salome (Hebrew: שְלוֹמִית‎, romanized: Shlomit, related to שָׁלוֹם, Shalom "peace"; Greek: Σαλώμη),[1] the daughter of Herod II and Herodias, granddaughter of.....

Price: $75.00

Muller, C.O. [Karl Otfried]; Leitch, John

Introduction to a Scientific System of Mythology.

London / Edinburgh: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans / William Tait, 1844. First Edition. Hard Cover.

First English translation of the work first published in 1825 as Prolegomena zu einer wissenschaftlichen Mythologie. Boards rubbed.

xii, 353 pp. 8vo. Muller pioneered the modern study of Greek mythology, and here provides a......

Price: $150.00

Muller, C.O. [Karl Otfried]; Leitch, John

Introduction to a Scientific System of Mythology.

London / Edinburgh: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans / William Tait, 1844. First Edition. Hard Cover.

First English translation of the work first published in German in 1825. Rebound in navy blue cloth with gilt titles. Hinges just beginning to loosen, owner bookplate and ink stamp on front endpapers, ink.....

Price: $125.00