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The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night vols 1-8, trans. E Powys Mathers, illus. Roderick McRae, revised edition,
Realised: $280 plus premium
Lot Details
Dingwall-Rock New York 1930. Gilt top edge, marbled endpapers, embossed cloth covers.
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