Collins Classics Arabian Nights
- ISBN-10
- 0007420102
- ISBN-13
- 9780007420100
- Category
- Arabic literature
- Pages
- 432
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins UK
- Author
- Sir Richard Burton
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