Fairy Tales. Illustrated By Twelve Large Designs in Colour After Original Drawings By E.V.B. Newly Translated By H.L.D. Ward and Augusta Plesner
by ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1872. First Edition Thus. Cloth. Very Good. E. V. B. [Eleanor Vere Boyle]. Quarto. Bound in red cloth with ornate black and gilt decoration, gilt title and black rule to spine, bevelled edges, all edges gilt, black endpapers. Colour wood-engraved frontispiece and plates, signed "Leighton Bros.", with protective printed interleaves. Wood-engraved initial letters and printer's ornaments. Lacking one plate (11 of 12). Minute rubbing to cloth at head, heel and corners, as well as edges of spine, some light dust soil overall to cloth, a few minor spots of darker soil, some light foxing to endpapers, a few creased corners and spots of speckles or smudges to interior, plates have offset a faint tan to printed guards only.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26613
- Title
- Fairy Tales. Illustrated By Twelve Large Designs in Colour After Original Drawings By E.V.B. Newly Translated By H.L.D. Ward and Augusta Plesner
- Author
- ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN
- Illustrator
- E. V. B. [Eleanor Vere Boyle]
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1872
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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