| The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night - Vol1 Contributor(s): Payne, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1443723460 ISBN-13: 9781443723466 Publisher: Hesperides Press OUR PRICE: $36.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: John Payne (1842 - 1916) was an English poet and translator, from Devon. Initially he pursued a legal career, and associated with Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Later he became involved with limited edition publishing, and the Villon Society. He is now best known for his translation of Boccaccio's Decameron and The Arabian Nights. Amongst his other works are The Masque of Shadows and other poems (1870), Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp (1889), The Quatrains of Omar Kheyyam of Nisahpour (1898), The Poems of Hafiz (1901), The Descent of the Dove and Other Poems (1902), Stories of Boccaccio (1903) and Hamid the Luckless and Other Tales in Verse (1904). |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.5 lbs) 420 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. |