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Fairy Legends and Tales with Illustrations by M. E. Edwards
by Andersen, Hans Christian
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Rapid River, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Paternoster Row, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1908. 1908 at title page; no other dates, indications. Maroon leather boards, gilt cover emblem and spine titles on black field, gilt dentelle borders, ornamentation on five panels w/five raised hubs, some shelf wear, rub. Gilt seal at cover: "Amesbury School, Bickley, Intere ut Vincas". Light, blue, dark blue, and gilt patterned endpapers. Prize plate w/seal fors Amesbury of Bickley, Kent dated July, 1913; book was bestowed as reward to student. Pages very good; few w/light fox. Marbled text block at all sides. Frontispiece plate with tissue guard: "The Will-o'-the-Wisps." Bind good; front hinge reinforced. Several illustration plates of the enchanting, pastoral imagery of M. E. Edwards throughout. Printed at The Chapel River Press, Kingston, Surrey. 325 pages. Insured post.. First Edition Thus. Full-Leather. Good. Illus. by Edwards, M. E.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.
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- Bookseller
- BiblioStax
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020100
- Title
- Fairy Legends and Tales with Illustrations by M. E. Edwards
- Author
- Andersen, Hans Christian
- Illustrator
- Edwards, M. E.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Paternoster Row, London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Rapid River, Michigan
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- 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....
- 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....
- Dentelle
- Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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