New Arabian Nights Robert Louis Stevenson Chatto & Windus 1920 Vintage Classic Fiction Short Stories

£5.95

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Title: New Arabian Nights
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Publication Date: c1920
Format: Hardback

Condition: Covers have some bumping to corners and spine is faded. Front cover starting to crack at hinge No dust jacket. Pages are clean and mark free. Booksellers plate to inside front cover

Book measures: 16cm x 10.5cm with 325 pages

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Description

Robert Louis Stevenson’s New Arabian Nights is a landmark collection of short fiction first published in 1882. This 1920 Chatto & Windus edition showcases Stevenson’s pioneering work in urban mystery and gothic suspense. The volume contains the celebrated Suicide Club and The Rajah’s Diamond sequences, following the clandestine adventures of Prince Florizel of Bohemia through London and Paris. Stevenson’s prose balances dark irony with psychological depth, significantly influencing the evolution of the detective genre. This vintage publication is essential for collectors of early twentieth-century literature and fans of atmospheric Victorian-era storytelling.

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Weight 0.500 kg