The Evergreen Tales; or, Tales for the Ageless: The Tale of King Midas and the Golden Touch / Pandora's Box / The Emperor's New Clothes [Limited Edition, Signed by Eichenberg, Busoni, Metzl, and Hersholt]
by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Hans Christian Andersen [text]; Jean Hersholt [trans.]; Fritz Eichenberg, Rafaello Busoni, and Ervine Metzl [illus.]
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1952. Near Fine/Very Good +. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1952. First Thus, Limited to 2000 sets of which this is no. 792. Three volumes; slim folios; publisher's pictorial cloth in glassine dust jackets, housed in original paper-covered slipcase; color illus. throughout. Glassine jackets a bit toned and lightly edge worn, small abrasion to slipcase spine label slightly affecting text, else a Near Fine set. King Midas signed by illustrator Fritz Eichenberg on colophon in rear; Pandora's Box is signed by illustrator Rafaello Busoni to the same; The Emperor's New Clothes is signed by both illustrator Ervine Metzl and translator Jean Hersholt. Publisher's prospectus laid in.
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28411
- Title
- The Evergreen Tales; or, Tales for the Ageless: The Tale of King Midas and the Golden Touch / Pandora's Box / The Emperor's New Clothes [Limited Edition, Signed by Eichenberg, Busoni, Metzl, and Hersholt]
- Author
- Nathaniel Hawthorne and Hans Christian Andersen [text]; Jean Hersholt [trans.]; Fritz Eichenberg, Rafaello Busoni, and Ervine Metzl [illus.]
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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