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Undine
by Fouque, Friedrich de La Motte
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday Page, 1911. Second Impression. Very good+ in its original 1/4 light brown cloth and printed, light green paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and green text and green design on the front board. A small quarto of 9 3/4 by 7 1/4 inches with very light rubbing to the cloth at the ends of the spine and with the paper cover rubbed through over the tips of the boards and at the fore edges. There is an early prior owner's name and date (1912) on the first free printed end sheet. The fly title page is missing. The contents of this copy are immaculate. 136 pages of text. Illustrated with a tipped-on, color frontispiece and 14 tipped-on, color plates as well as numerous black and white vignettes throughout for a total of 45 illustrations. Translated from the German by W. L. Cortney. Printed by Ballantyne & Co. LTD of London. (Hudson: Arthur Rackham His Life and Work, p.169)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB32915
- Title
- Undine
- Author
- Fouque, Friedrich de La Motte
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Second Impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday Page
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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