About the Sleeping Beauty
by TRAVERS, P. L
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. First Edition. First printing. Square octavo (21cm). Original three-piece binding in blue and tan cloth, stamped in red and gilt, with original pictorial dust jacket; faux marbled endpapers; [vi],111pp; color plates by Charles Keeping. Rear board slightly bowed, minor spotting to top edge: Very Good or better. Jacket unclipped (priced $7.95), rubbed at extremities, lightly sunned at spine: Very Good or better.
A discussion and multiple versions of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, by the author of Mary Poppins.
A discussion and multiple versions of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, by the author of Mary Poppins.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56937
- Title
- About the Sleeping Beauty
- Author
- TRAVERS, P. L
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...