Ah, I can't believe you traded in your set - I've been looking for an affordable copy of these for a while. But mainly because it's so hard to find the Kay Nielsen illustrations in vol 1 elsewhere (unless you can afford the Taschen) - I agree the choice of translation was not the best... Looking forward to seeing what followed you home in the next vid... 💕

@NobodyHere

4 жыл бұрын

It was a hard decision to make. These being Mathers and my lack of space with the new incoming books from FS (heh) forced me to finally made the call. The illustrations were the only reason why I was holding on to them, but even those finally were not a good enough reason to hold on to them. (How do you mean by Kay Nielsen's illustration in Vol 1 is hard to find elsewhere...?) From what I could see, the highest this six vol sold for was GBP 170 in the UK. But shipping cost from there to our part of the world would be a bit much I suppose. Books have been the most difficult for me to let go so far, and they have been the most expensive to move around with at times (Except the times I have a container load to ship along with the move, since they charge by the volume and not weight). And when I am finally able to bring myself to sell, selling internationally online for a set like this is difficult due to shipping costs, even to Australia. When I tried, there was no interest within New Zealand. I was in a 1001 Nights bender one time and have way too many of them. I have at least three other sets to share here. With one set also going away, but I don't believe that one is as collectible. You might be able to help me decide when I show them :)

@BeautifulBooks

4 жыл бұрын

Murasaki & Co Yes, I’ve had to move with books as well, and it’s ridiculously hard. Most of Kay Nielsen’s watercolours for 1001 Nights weren’t originally published, so they are hard to find, and this set is one of the few places you can see them - Taschen have recently published a very expensive edition that looks lovely but is out of my budget. I too have an indefensible number of Arabian Nights volumes in my library 😂

@NobodyHere

4 жыл бұрын

@@BeautifulBooks Ah yes. I saw that on Pontus Presents. That man is certainly a passionate bibliophile! A man after my own heart! I have been eyeing that for awhile and decided that I am now in a position to get it. So that was also an element to my decision to finally let go of this set. I need to go through your channel to check out your old videos :) I would love to see your 1001 Nights collection and your criteria for collecting them. Right now, Michael Lyons' Penguin Deluxe Limited Edition (or whatever it is called, it is a set of three hardback books quarter bound in cloth in a slip case, and it is white and blue in colour which came out in 2008) set is my most precious one. It is out of print, and seemed to have gone nuts in the secondary market. But for me they are special because of the translation and the nice binding :) Having said that I am very fond of my Haddawy as well as it took me a long time to find the two volume Everyman's Library. They are still in print now I think so I am not sure why it was so hard to find for me at the time.

@BeautifulBooks

4 жыл бұрын

Murasaki & Co oooh, I think the Taschen would be a much better way to appreciate Nielsen’s artwork 😀 My Arabian Nights collection has various translations, I’m usually drawn to the illustrations- it’s very inspiring to artists! (Don’t have these on KZread yet though, you haven’t missed them...)

@NobodyHere

4 жыл бұрын

@@BeautifulBooks Aha! You are an artist! Not sure what your artistic speciality is, but I do love your stop motion animation bits in your videos and how you edit them generally! They certainly have artistic flairs! Yes I did a quick search of your channel and saw that there was no Arabian Nights. Yet 😁 At the moment I am rather obsessed by understanding the various translations than I am wanting to read the books. Heh. So I look forward to when, or if, you post them 😄 No pressure of course! Judging from your edits your videos take more time to do compared to some others and I know that life in itself is a handful without KZread 😅

From where I can get these books plz tell I eagerly want to read all its volume..... 🙏🙂

@NobodyHere

4 жыл бұрын

This volume is now no longer available new, and must be obtained second hand. Ebay is your best bet, or, your local second hand bookshop. Or, AbeBooks online. Thanks for watching!

at some point, I want to grab these books. so much arabic folklore within them!

@NobodyHere

2 жыл бұрын

I deeply regretted letting these go. BUT for better translations go for translations by MALCOLM LYONS and HUSAIN HADDAWY

Can I buy this set from you?

@NobodyHere

4 жыл бұрын

It has been traded with a second hand bookstore as noted here

I was just thinking about you, so glad you posted a video, but I miss your voice. The books are amazing but I also do not have room for a library in my small apartment.

@NobodyHere

4 жыл бұрын

Hello Jamie :) Part of my wish list for this life is to have a wood burner or fire place in the house, and a library. The first one is fulfilled. The second... is not looking promising, but I have not given up :) For now though, I have to be ruthless, to make way for the new, the old must go! As sad as I am about it!!

@jamieloom22

4 жыл бұрын

@@NobodyHere those are both on my wish list too and I would also love a garden.

Such a beautiful book! T_T Same goes for the rest! How much do they sell for there?? Pity on the autofocus failing ):

@NobodyHere

4 жыл бұрын

I received NZD $80 in trade for the lot and I picked two FS books :) They are now selling the set for NZD $260 (about SGD $225-230). I saw the same set sold in an auction for GBP 170 in the UK, which translate to over NZD $300 (SGD $263, or about USD $190 more or less with current exchange rate in Sept 2019). I will film a better video with lots of close ups for the other books :)

Hi I would like to know the name of this bookstore, it's so gorgeous. 😍

@NobodyHere

4 жыл бұрын

It is a secondhand bookstore in New Zealand :) I will have to ask their permission first before mentioning them just to be sure! Feel free to email me!

Each of the six volumes of FS’ The Arabian Night has been illustrated by a different artist. Vol I is filled with the illustration of Kay Nielsen, whose body of work made up a period in the early 1900 that is known as “The Golden Age of Illustration”, along side those of Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac. ------ STAY TUNED FOR A VIDEO OF THE 21 FACSIMILES BY TASCHEN OF HIS ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS FOR "1001 NIGHTS"

Oh, I would have cried giving these up

@NobodyHere

4 жыл бұрын

Awwww.... It was not an easy decision and I still feel pangs for sadness now. But to put it in perspective, this is not the nicest or the first time I had to do something like this. It can become unbearable emotionally and financially when the two life styles, the internationally agile and the more traditionally settled way, clashes.... and the best way to handle that is to be ruthless with your selection process. Regularly.... Thank you for being here!

LIBERALLY. It killed me 😂

@NobodyHere

4 жыл бұрын

He did! 😱

@hectorrobertocontrerasmiranda

4 жыл бұрын

@@NobodyHere 😂the presumed tone of the word was what made me laugh Is this the set you mentioned to me back in August or is that another of the ones you still have?

@NobodyHere

4 жыл бұрын

hector roberto contreras miranda What did I say in August? 😅 If I was talking about the more “accurate” translation then this isn’t it 😬 That’s Michael Lyons’ translation and I have the limited edition now OOP set which I will share soon 💜

@NobodyHere

4 жыл бұрын

@@hectorrobertocontrerasmiranda Yep Hector, looks like they are the same books I was talking about in August. I did want to film them before I let them go but I forgot :/

Ahhhhh I love you but don't put it on the flooooorrrr~

@NobodyHere

4 жыл бұрын

LOL I can only do this with one hand, sooooo..... The carpet was clean and provided padding so it is all cool 🌷Thanks for watching and cariiiiiiiing 😬🌻