Author: Leonard C. Smithers [ed]; Thomas Simon Gueulette
Title: The Thousand and One Quarters of an Hour (Tartarian Tales)
Description: London, H. S. Nichols and Co, 1893. Cloth. A limited edition collection of entertaining tales inspired by the popular 'Arabian Nights', edited by Leonard Smithers. A limited edition, being one of only six hundred and eighty copies. In the publisher's original gilt cloth. This collection of tales was edited by Leonard C. Smithers, and was first published in 1715 under the title 'Mille et un Quarts D'Heure, Contest Tartares', written by Thomas Simon Gueulette. The tales are described as being lively, entertaining and ingenious imitations of 'The Arabian Nights&apos. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with fading to the spine, a slight lean, bumping to the extremities, marks to the boards, and slight chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages with the odd spot to the front. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Limited edition The Arabian Nights Fiction Thomas Simon Gueulette The Arabian Nights None


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