I've looked on Amazon and eBay and the only complete version, although very cool looking, is £1000...

So, can anyone tell me whether it's actually worth getting the complete lot (assuming I find it at a decent price) or whether the Burton "best of" would do?

If it's worth getting the whole thing, where sells it? In English, obviously.

I think any comprehensive best-of for The Thousand And One Nights will get you by. I doubt all of the stories are that great, I've read like 100 of 'em and they were good but they were already running together.