The Arabian Nights’ Entertainment - 2 Volume Set (Bohn’s Popular Library, 1925 & 1928)

Translator: Edward William Lane
Editor: Stanley Lane-Poole, M.A., Litt.D.
Publisher: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., London
Years: Vol. I (1925), Vol. II (1928)
Series: Bohn’s Popular Library

A two-volume set of The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, translated by Edward William Lane and edited by Stanley Lane-Poole. This classic English rendering of the famed Thousand and One Nights remains among the most elegant Victorian translations — rich with Orientalist detail and timeless storytelling.

Originally issued in Bohn’s Standard Library in the mid-19th century, this later reprint from Bohn’s Popular Library (1925 & 1928) presents the tales in Lane’s refined prose, including the stories of Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sinbad the Sailor. The volumes are bound in deep red cloth with bright gilt titles and decorative Bohn’s crest to the spine.

Bindings tight. Clean interiors. Mild shelf wear 

Condition: Very Good.

Size: 4 1/4” x 6 1/2”

A timeless translation of The Thousand and One Nights — elegantly presented in matching gilt-stamped bindings, ideal for readers and collectors of classic literature alike.