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The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Anderson: With Upwards of Four Hundred Illustrations by Helen Stratton
by Anderson, Hans Christian
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
London: George Newnes, 1899. Hardcover. Fair. Quarto. xvi, 320 pages. Illustrated. Blue cloth illustrated hardcover with title on the front cover and the spine. Gilt edges. Dark blue end sheets. Shelf and edge wear to the illustrated front cover. A light stain on the back cover. Old black tape repairs to the front and rear hinges. A few cracks to the text block located in the gutters. No loose pages. Heavy foxing to the half title page and title page. Light foxing to the foredge and text. Previous owner name on the verso of the right front flyleaf. A fair copy only.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19626
- Title
- The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Anderson
- Author
- Anderson, Hans Christian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Newnes
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Art
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Americana Books ABAA
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Text Block
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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
- 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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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