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Lot 153
Sale 2065 - Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 14, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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[LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. MADKOUR, Nazli (b. 1949), illustrator. -- MAHFOUZ, Naguib (1911-2004). Arabian Nights and Days. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 2005.
Large folio. 7 serigraph prints by Nazli Madkour. Original tan cloth, morocco lettering-piece gilt mounted on upper cover; publisher’s folding case.
LIMITED EDITION, number 36 of 300 copies, SIGNED BY MAHFOUZ AND MADKOUR. Arabian Nights and Days serves as a sequel to The Thousand and One Nights, with many of the same characters appearing in both works. Naguib Mahfouz won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988 - the only Arabic-Egyptian recipient to date.