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DETMOLD, E.J. (illustrator).

The Arabian Nights.

The Arabian Nights.

Tales from the Thousand and One Nights.

Stock Code 117501

London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1924].

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A superlative copy of this opulent edition of The Arabian Nights, beautifully illustrated by Edward Julius Detmold (1883-1957), one of the most accomplished illustrators fo the golden age of the deluxe illustrated book. Included here are the tales of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; Sinbad the Sailor and Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, amongst others. Scare in such fine condition and with the original box.

First Detmold edition; large 4to (285 x 220 mm); 12 colour plates, each with a captioned tissue-guard, some light foxing to the preliminary pages, otherwise clean and crisp throughout; publisher's cream cloth with elaborate gilt illustrations, decorations and titles to the upper board and spine, contained the original publisher's box with a colour pictorial onlay to the lid, the binding square, firm and exceptionally bright with just a minor bump to the foot of the spine at the upper joint, the box has been neatly restored and the edges strengthened with cloth; it is sturdy and presents well.

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