| British Library: | C.105.g.3 |
| Curwen Press: | M10 |
| British Library: | C.105.g.3 |
| Curwen Press: | M10 |
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[in blue] The Tale of [then red] ALI BABA [red]& THE FORTY THIEVES Being literally translated from the Arabic into French by J. C. MARDRUS; and then translated into modern English by E. POWYS MATHERS [block in black and colours: Scheherazade and the Sultan] Illustrated by EDWARD ARDIZZONE New York THE LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 1949
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This legendary tale of Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves is included in the series of The Evergreen Tales of which Jean Hersholt is General Editor; and it has been prepared, for special subscribers only, by The Limited Editions Club. The drawings were made direct on the stone by Edward Ardizzone, the typography is by Ernest Ingham and the letterpress text and lithographic illustrations were printed at the Curwen Press in London. The edition consists of twenty-five hundred copies of which this is [space for serial number] and this copy is signed by [space for signature].
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Royal 4o: 12" × 8", trimmed, artificial head- and tail-bands, white wove, no mark; 16(+6)pt. Bembo; autolithograph illustrations in black and colour; casing, yellow glazed cloth blocked in blue down spine: ‘ALI BABA & THE FORTY THIEVES’, and on upper cover an oval block 3¼" × 3¾": girl and earthenware jars; tissue dust-jacket.
One of the books shown in J. Curwen & Sons Centenary Exhibition 1963 (see Ab7) in Bloomsbury.
5/Apr/1952
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Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 5/Jul/2012