Tales of the Persian Genii

Overview:

• Title: Tales of the Persian Genii
• Author: Frances Jenkins Olcott
• Year: 1917
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Price: $2.00
• Pages: x+225
• Binding: Hardcover
• Type: Collection
• Title Reference: Tales of the Persian Genii
• Notes: 1st ed. Price from publisher advertisement Chi. Tribune 1917-12-01 p13 "Good Gift Books for Boys and Girls" (earliest found)
  
  Brief review in "Books and Authors" The Living Age 1917-12-22 p765 notes illustrated "end pieces" that are not included in the copy at HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL).
  
  HDL (catalog record) provides full view of one copy with original cover apparently (HDL 39000005835207 from original at Indiana U -- as of 2017-07-28 catalogued as 1 of 3 copies, but two are the 1919 UK ed. mis-catalogued) -- front cover dark blue with black lettering and green decoration, not illustrated -- title page: "Retold by [FJO] with Illustrations by Willy Pogany" -- t.p. verso states copyrights 1917 FJO and "Willy Pogány"; Published November 1917 -- Foreword, p[v]-vii -- Contents, [ix]-x -- Illustrations, [xi], lists 4 (frontispiece and 3 color plates not included in the pagination) -- text spans p[1]-225 -- p[226], three lines: "The Riverside Press // Cambridge · Massachusetts // U · S · A"
  
  The contents are four series of stories set in a brief 5-part frame story (see Title Reference).
  
  As of 2017-07-28 Amazon US provides a front dustjacket image that suggests a square book (truncated image?), with design including illustration that nearly matches the front book cover of the 1919 UK ed.