STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1325539
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth, imprinted in scarlet. 12 colour plates. Published for Boots The Chemist. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink and date to front free-endpaper. Tiny margin tear to plate opposite page 17. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn at top of spine and has some slight loss to lower corner of front panel.

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STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1324330
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Boots the Chemists. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. 20 beautiful tipped-in colour plates. 319 pages. Published by Hodder for Boots The Chemist. Spine bumped, corners slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some light foxing to contents. Plates all present and in fine condition. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby and edge rubbed, minimal loss at corners and a few tape repairs on verso.

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ARTHUR BOYD HOUGHTON
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by A.B. Houghton.
Stock no. 1321205
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1896. Very good condition.

"A selection from his work in black and white, printed for the most part from original wood-blocks." Introduction by Housman. Rebound with a red leather spine and gilt title. Red and white marble-effect boards. New endpapers. 89 pages. Minimal rubbing to corners. Some foxing and light page browning.

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THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald; Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1318593
Published by Collins. Circa 1945. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, Gilt titles and decoration to front cover. 4 tipped-in colour plates. Pictorial title page. Decorative orange border to each page. 94 pages. 11 x 7.75". Spine and corners bumped. Covers unevenly faded. Small hole to front edge of spine at base, spine is also a little faded. Removal of a small label to front free-endpaper. Light corner creases to plates.

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THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald; Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1316945
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1940. Very good condition.

Translated by Fitzgerald, introduction by Housman. Red cloth covers, elaborate gilt vignette and title to front cover. 4 superb tipped-in colour plates. Pink decorations surrounding text. 94 pages. Spine and corners bumped and spine very slightly faded. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Light corner creases to 3 of the 4 plates. Foxing to contents.

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THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald; Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1406743
Published by Collins. circa 1944. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth, Gilt titles and decoration to front cover. 4 tipped-in colour plates. Pictorial title page. Decorative orange border to each page. 94 pages. 11 x 7.75". Bumping to spine, corners and top and bottom edge of rear board. Spine and part of rear board faded and a little foxed. Boards are mottled, faint damp stains to lower edges. Bookplate to front pastedown and inscription plus '198' written on front endpaper. Foxing to prelims and page edges. Inner bottom corner of all plates a little creased.

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A THING TO BE EXPLAINED
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by C.T. Nightingale.
Stock no. 1506925
Published by Basil Blackwell. Almost very good condition.

Jolly Books series. Blue patterned covers with white title block. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 29 pages. Minimal bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to spine and some cover edges, damp stian to base of spine and lower edge of rear cover. Some light browning and foxing to contents but otherwise pages are clean. Line of surface paper damage to frontis, looks like it has been stuck to title page. Book has a smell of smoke.

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PRINCESS BADOURA
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2119790
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1913. Very good condition.

White cloth beautifully decorated in pale green and gilt to front cover. Pale green endpapers. 10 tipped-in paper-guarded richly coloured plates. A tale from The Arabian Nights retold by Housman. Spine is browned. A little bumping to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some light page finger markings. All plates present.

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PRINCESS BADOURA
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1505035
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

White cloth beautifully decorated in pale green and gilt to front cover. Pale green endpapers. 10 tipped-in paper-guarded richly coloured plates. A tale from The Arabian Nights retold by Housman. Spine browned, bumped and worn with small nicks to cloth at either end. Corners worn. Covers grubby and marked. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. A couple of hinges cracked but binding still firm. A little foxing and browning. Fingering to contents but generally clean. All plates present and in very good condition.

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A CLEAN SWEEP THE TALE OF A CAT AND A BROOMSTICK
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by May Smith.
Stock no. 1805081
Published by Basil Blackwell. Circa 1933. Very good condition.

Paper boards, blue title to front with pictorial onlay of old lady with a cat on her back and young girl on a broomstick. 2 b/w illustrations. 32 pages. Boards slightly marked, spine browned. Prize-plate to front endpaper. A few margin marks.

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