Bee: The Princess of the Dwarfs
by France, Anatole
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London/New York: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E.P. Dutton & Co.. Very Good. 1922. 2nd printing. Hardcover. (gilt pictorial boards; no dust jacket) [slight splitting/fraying to binding at lower front hinge, otherwise a nice clean book with just a bit of wear at the corners, some minor spotting on the rear cover; binding is intact (no broken hinges); one bookplate on front pastedown, another on the ffep, and a gift inscription on the verso of the frontispiece plate, reading "To Micky / Much love / from Mother" (see notes)]. Beautiful vintage children's book, with 17 full-color plates illustrated by Charles Robinson (all present, with tissue guards with printed captions intact); there are also small color illustrations affixed to the page at the heads of several chapters, and small line drawings sprinkled throughout the text. Pagination anomalies: the Chapter I plate, "She went to her room...", faces page 2, not page 1 as listed; the Chapter VII plate, "The dwarf drew the bridle...", faces page 37, not page 38. Additionally, four of the plates bear half-size rather than full-size illustrations. (NOTE re the gift inscription: "Mother" in this case was silent-film actress Jane Novak, the book having been presented to her daughter Mickell, known as "Micky.") .
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Details
- Bookseller
- ReadInk (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22641
- Title
- Bee: The Princess of the Dwarfs
- Author
- France, Anatole
- Illustrator
- Charles Robinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 2nd printing
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E.P. Dutton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London/New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- Illustrated, Children's, Fantasy
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ReadInk
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Los Angeles, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...