At the Back of the North Wind: The Princess and the Goblin: The Princess and Curdie
by Macdonald, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +/Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0706410548
- ISBN 13
- 9780706410549
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Octopus Books, 1979. 3 Beautiful Fairy Tales with the Original Illstrations by Arthur Hughes (At the Back of the North Wind & The Princess and the Goblin) and James Allen (The princess & Curdie). Blue cloth cover with Large Gilt Lettering to front & spine. Endpapers illustrated with vignette scenes from the stories. 621 Pages, 840g, 8 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Slight wear to jacket. Unclipped. Clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good +/Good+. Illus. by Hughes, Arthur & Allen, James. Book.
Synopsis
At the Back of the North Wind is a children's book by George MacDonald. It was serialized in the children's magazine Good Words for the Young beginning in 1868 and was published in book form in 1871. It is a fantasy centered around a boy named Diamond and his adventures with the North Wind. Diamond travels together with the mysterious Lady North Wind through the nights.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017574
- Title
- At the Back of the North Wind: The Princess and the Goblin: The Princess and Curdie
- Author
- Macdonald, George
- Illustrator
- Hughes, Arthur & Allen, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0706410548
- ISBN 13
- 9780706410549
- Publisher
- Octopus Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S FICTION/CLASSICS/FAIRY TALES/CHILDREN'S CLASSICS/ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Classics; Illustrated Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
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Cornish Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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....
- 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...