The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault
by Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG- (Very Good Minus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Buffalo, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Illustrated Editions Company. Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Harry Clarke. From the collection of Henry and Nina Cornell (nee Bayard), descendants of Ezra Cornell, Peter Stuyvesant, and the prominent Bayard family of Pittsburgh, PA. No date (c. 1930s). Blue/tan cloth with lettering and decoration stamped in gilt (dulled) and red. Minor edgewear and soil, and lightly bumped spine ends and corners. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned; heavier toning/offsetting to pastedowns and eps. B/w illustrations. Prev owner name "Lucy Bayard" in pencil to ffep. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 251 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Albion Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001603
- Title
- The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault
- Author
- Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault
- Illustrator
- Harry Clarke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- (Very Good Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Illustrated Editions Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Albion Books
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
Albion Books
Biblio member since 2021
Buffalo, New York
About Albion Books
Albion Books deals in fine used, out of print and rare books on a wide variety of topics. Specialties include Buffalo/New York history, science, religion, occult, and foreign language. The proprietor has been in the antiquarian book business since 2006.
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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...
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...