G Bell and Sons, 1875. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1875. Third Edition Enlarged. 456 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Rebound. Black and white illustrations throughout. Book has a slight smoky odour. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Some illustrations coloured in by previous owner. Scribbles and annotations in pencil throughout; text remains unaffected. Light cracking to gutters and hinges but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Moderate water staining to both boards and spine. Spine has minor tanning with visible fraying and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1675067847MHA
Title: Danish Fairy Legends and Tales
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: G Bell and Sons
Date Published: 1875

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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...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Rebound: A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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...