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Fairy Flowers: Nature Legends of Fact & Fantasy [Signed and Hand-Colored by Newman]
by Isidora Newman; Willy Pogány [illus.]
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good -
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1926. Very Good -. New York: Oxford University Press, [1926?]. First Edition. Quarto; modern cloth-backed boards with original paper covers laid down, retaining original pictorial endpapers, gilt-lettered calf spine label, bespoke cloth slipcase; viii,[4],160pp.; tipped in color frontispiece and fourteen (14) leaves of plates, fifteen (15) half-tone illus. throughout text, each hand-colored and initialed by the author, as are pictorial endpapers.
Binding rather crudely updated, front board a bit warped and rear cover soiled with dampstain along spine, textblock rather brittle and very slightly toned, long closed tear along gutter edge of pp. 57/8 not approaching text; overall a Good or better copy, annotated on front free endpaper in contemporary green ink: "Isidora Newman / Hand colored by the Author." It should be noted that hand-colored illustrations by Newman are not unique to this copy.
Binding rather crudely updated, front board a bit warped and rear cover soiled with dampstain along spine, textblock rather brittle and very slightly toned, long closed tear along gutter edge of pp. 57/8 not approaching text; overall a Good or better copy, annotated on front free endpaper in contemporary green ink: "Isidora Newman / Hand colored by the Author." It should be noted that hand-colored illustrations by Newman are not unique to this copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13668
- Title
- Fairy Flowers: Nature Legends of Fact & Fantasy [Signed and Hand-Colored by Newman]
- Author
- Isidora Newman; Willy Pogány [illus.]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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