FAIRY TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS: For Young People ( Everyman's Library No. 249 )
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1928. Decorative Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Robinson, T. H. & Curtis, Dora. 14 Stories including Aladdin, Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves and all 7 Voyages of Sinbad. Illustrated with17 B&W Plates. Illustrated Double-Title Page & Endpapers. Blue cloth cover with bglind stamped Publisher's Design in centre of front. Dull Gilt Floral Design & Lettering to spine. Top page edges Blue. 276 Pages, 320g, 7" Tall. Small tear to cloth at fore edge (see photo), otherwise in very good condition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012074
- Title
- FAIRY TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS: For Young People ( Everyman's Library No. 249 )
- Illustrator
- Robinson, T. H. & Curtis, Dora
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOKS/FAIRY TALES/CHILDREN'S FICTION/CLASSICS/CHILDREN'[S CLASSICS/ARABIAN NIGHTS
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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