Tales of the Persian Genii

Overview:

• Title: Tales of the Persian Genii
• Author: Frances Jenkins Olcott
• Year: 1919
• Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co.
• Price: 6/-
• Pages: x+225
• Binding: Hardcover
• Type: Collection
• Title Reference: Tales of the Persian Genii
• Notes:
  • 1st UK ed.
  • Price 6/- net from advertisement The Athenaeum 1919-10-24 p1101 (October supplement) "Harrap's 'Books Beautiful': New Illustrated Books for 1919"
  • HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL) provides full view of 3 copies (see Title Reference); that from Cornell U shows -- front cover pale green with black lettering and illustration (unlike 1st ed., below) -- title leaf alone differs from 1st: title page shows original design over footer "London: ..."; t.p. verso identifies printer, Edinburgh -- 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 The contents are four series of stories set in a brief 5-part frame story (see Title Reference).
  • As of 2017-06-05: • HDL also provides full view of the 1st ed., one copy with apparently original cover that is merely decorated, not illustrated. • Amazon US (below) provides one image of apparent dust jacket, apparently square, as Houghton Mifflin 1917 (1st ed.). Its illustration and lettering design match those of this 1919 UK ed. (book cover viewed at HDL), with a different layout and apparent shape.
  • This edition includes one additional leaf, p[227-28] publisher promotion of "The Romance Series" and "The Famous Myth Series"; the former includes The Arabian Nights selected by Olcott.