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D'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales
by D'Aulnoy, Countess
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren.. Small 4to. xii, 457pp. Blue cloth in a linen pattern, gilt spine title, full color past-on to the upper board, top edge red, illustrated endpapers. A fine, bright, as-new copy. The dustwrapper is rough along the edges and a little age-soiled, else is near fine. Illustrated with eight full page full color plates as well as black and white in-text illustrations by Gustaf Tenggren.
Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy,also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was known for her literary fairy tales. When she termed her works 'contes de fées' (fairy tales), she originated the term that is now generally used for the genre.
Gustaf Tenggren was a Swedish-American illustrator known for his Rackham-esque fairy-tale style. He was a chief illustrator for Walt Disney in the late 1930s, whose work appeared in films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22352
- Title
- D'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales
- Author
- D'Aulnoy, Countess
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- David McKay Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1923
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
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Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
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- First Edition
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- Dustwrapper
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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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...
- Edges
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