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A Treasury of French Tales . Illustrated by Pauline Baynes
by Pourrat, Henri
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Carmarthen, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd,.. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. In FINE pale blue boards with very bright silver-gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's GOOD ONLY pictorial dust-jacket. The d/j is quite grubby with some marks to the rear mainly, the spine of the d/j is faded /marked but all titling is clear. The d/j is price-clipped and has a few closed tears, all of which are now neatly repaired to the reverse of the d/j with clear archive tape, but is otherwise a complete d/j. The d/j is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks much better. (See Images) . The book itself is near Fine, some very pale offsetting to the endpapers but o/w the book is FINE with NO Inscriptions or Marks. (x) + (2) + 232 pp. A full page b/w frontispiece together with 8 other full page b/w plates and over 40 other b/w head/tail vignette illustrations, etc. All delightfully illustrated by PAULINE BAYNES. Translated from the French by Mary Mian . Selected and Translated from 'Le Tresor des Contes'. A Lovely book. See Images. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 120081
- Title
- A Treasury of French Tales . Illustrated by Pauline Baynes
- Author
- Pourrat, Henri
- Illustrator
- Pauline Baynes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin, Ltd,.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- A Treasury Of French Tales - Illustrated By Pauline Baynes, By Henri Pourrat. Published George Allen & Unwin, Ltd,. 1st 1953, A Full Page B/w Frontispiece Together With 8 Other Full Page B/w Plates , And Over 40 Other B/w Head/tail Vignette Illustrati
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Eng Lit, Lit Crit & Shakespeare; Foreign Literature/Lang;
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Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Retired Member of the P.B.F.A, and the WBA. In business for 42+ years to date, mainly working from home nowadays, and formerly exhibiting at Major London Book Fairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! View by Appointment ONLY Please, as I may be unavailable on the day you call. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately no wheelchair access. Currently only working part-time.
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