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BURTON, Isabel (1831-1896) translator. Lady Burton's Edition of her Husband's Arabian Nights, translated from the Arabic by Justin Huntly McCarthy, London: Waterlow & Sons, 1886. 6 volumes, 8° (229 x 150mm). 2 frontispiece portraits, titles in green and brown. Original white cloth, spines and covers lettered and illustrated in gilt, top edges gilt (covers soiled or darkened). Provenance: St. Clair Baddeley (presentation inscription).
PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, inscribed to 'St. Clair Baddeley with the sincerest regards of the authors Richard and Isabel Burton. Nov. 9 - 1886' on front endpaper verso. Baddeley and the Burtons met in 1882 following a lecture by Richard at the R.G.S. Isabel described him as 'a rising young poet,' whose works Richard later added to his library and with whom they corresponded over the years. This is a much Bowdlerized version of Richard's 10-volume 'Nights,' after which he was encourageed to publish the 'Supplemental Nights,' knowing that 'even innocent girlhood tossed aside the chaste volumes' [of his wife]. Isabel is said to have 'slashed her way through the 'Nights' with all the diligence of a member of the Society for the Suppression of Vice.' Her translation proved a failure with less than half the 1,000 sets sold in two years.
PAYNE, John. The Books of the Thousand Nights and One Night, London: Printed for the Villon Society, 1882. 9 volumes, 8° (234 x 152mm). Original white vellum, spines and covers lettered and decorated in gilt (spines darkened or rubbed, a few chipped at head). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 435 OF 500 COPIES.
PAYNE, J. Tales from the Arabic of the Breslau and Calcutta (1814-18) Editions of the Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, London: Printed by the Villon Society for Private Circulation only, 1884. 3 volumes, 8° (234 x 155mm). Original vellum bound as for his 'Nights,' (2 volumes chipped at head). FIRST EDITION, NO. 434 OF AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER.
PAYNE, J. Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp; Zein Ul Asnam and the King of the Jinn, London: Printed for the Villon Society, 1889. 8° (234 x 155mm). Original vellum gilt as for his 'Nights.' FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 290 OF AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER.
PAYNE, J. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night: Its History and Character. An Essay, London: Printed for the Author for Private Circulation, 1884. 8° (230 x 155mm). Disbound. PRESENTATION COPY TO MATTHEW ARNOLD. NUMBER 3 OF 20 COPIES, inscribed to 'Matthew Arnold Esq. With compliments and kind regards. John Payne' on half title. It is this work which was the other side of the Burton-Payne Controversy. Penzer p. 314-322. (20)
PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, inscribed to 'St. Clair Baddeley with the sincerest regards of the authors Richard and Isabel Burton. Nov. 9 - 1886' on front endpaper verso. Baddeley and the Burtons met in 1882 following a lecture by Richard at the R.G.S. Isabel described him as 'a rising young poet,' whose works Richard later added to his library and with whom they corresponded over the years. This is a much Bowdlerized version of Richard's 10-volume 'Nights,' after which he was encourageed to publish the 'Supplemental Nights,' knowing that 'even innocent girlhood tossed aside the chaste volumes' [of his wife]. Isabel is said to have 'slashed her way through the 'Nights' with all the diligence of a member of the Society for the Suppression of Vice.' Her translation proved a failure with less than half the 1,000 sets sold in two years.
PAYNE, John. The Books of the Thousand Nights and One Night, London: Printed for the Villon Society, 1882. 9 volumes, 8° (234 x 152mm). Original white vellum, spines and covers lettered and decorated in gilt (spines darkened or rubbed, a few chipped at head). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 435 OF 500 COPIES.
PAYNE, J. Tales from the Arabic of the Breslau and Calcutta (1814-18) Editions of the Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, London: Printed by the Villon Society for Private Circulation only, 1884. 3 volumes, 8° (234 x 155mm). Original vellum bound as for his 'Nights,' (2 volumes chipped at head). FIRST EDITION, NO. 434 OF AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER.
PAYNE, J. Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp; Zein Ul Asnam and the King of the Jinn, London: Printed for the Villon Society, 1889. 8° (234 x 155mm). Original vellum gilt as for his 'Nights.' FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 290 OF AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER.
PAYNE, J. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night: Its History and Character. An Essay, London: Printed for the Author for Private Circulation, 1884. 8° (230 x 155mm). Disbound. PRESENTATION COPY TO MATTHEW ARNOLD. NUMBER 3 OF 20 COPIES, inscribed to 'Matthew Arnold Esq. With compliments and kind regards. John Payne' on half title. It is this work which was the other side of the Burton-Payne Controversy. Penzer p. 314-322. (20)
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