Stories from the Arabian Nights
| First published | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Collection |
| Pages | xvi+133 |
Notes
- First of 7 annual gift books created by Dulac in "association with the Leicester Galleries and Hodder & Stoughton; the gallery commissioned illustrations from Dulac which they sold in an annual exhibition, while publishing rights to the paintings were taken up by Hodder & Stoughton for reproduction in illustrated gift books, publishing one book a year." (1907 to 1913) --Wikipedia "Edmund Dulac" as of 2016-12-06
- John Clute, in the Encyclopedia of Fantasy entry on Edmund Dulac, identifies a longer series of Christmas gift books from Dulac and Hodder & Stoughton, without mention of Leicester Galleries.
- The U.S. Library of Congress catalogues Arabian Nights collections by Laurence Housman as dated 1907, 1923, 1932?, 1955; and numerous publications of single Arabian Nights stories apparently (children's picture books with Housman's text probably).
- HathiTrust Digital Library (hathitrust.org) features the 1st US ed, printed in Great Britain for Scribner's. Internet Archive (archive.org) and Wikisource (en.wikisource.org) feature a later undated collection of 9 stories attributed to Housman, without preface or other essay contents. Its first 6 stories match those in the 1907 collection, but the sequence differs. It contains few of the illustrations.
1st ed.; 1st annual gift book from Dulac and Hodder & Stoughton (Housman also wrote the 7th, also retold from the Arabian Nights)
--Wikipedia and Encyclopedia of Fantasy
With 50 full-colored plates by Edmund Dulac. Limited edition of 350 copies signed by Dulac in his first major book commission.
Data from WorldCat {{OCLC|3110855}}, {{OCLC|556577129}}, {{OCLC|318279993}}, {{OCLC|752800305}} (page counts 132 and 133, no mention of limited edition)
Some data from Christie's Auction House
1st edition, October 1907
2nd edition, November 1907
Source is a WorldCat record of the latter, {{OCLC|228670798}}. Probably these are 1st and 2nd printings of the first edition in latterday terms.
As of 2017-09-28, one page at Amazon reports this title as 2nd edition, as 1907, and (which is ridiculous) as German; and provides front cover image that fits the English-language title.