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Fairy Tales and Stories
by Andersen, Hans Christian; Translated by Dr. H. W. Dulcken
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prescott, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
A. L. Burt, Publishers, 1898. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Green cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on spine; black and gray illustrations on spine and front; no jacket; 377 pages plus publisher's adverts; b&w illustrations; no date but inscription dated 1898. Very good minus condition: light wear to spine tips, corners, and vertical edges of spine--mostly loss of color; slight scuffing to back board; hinges strong; gift inscription dated 1898; pages quite nice. New plastic protective jacket..
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Sage Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127207
- Title
- Fairy Tales and Stories
- Author
- Andersen, Hans Christian; Translated by Dr. H. W. Dulcken
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- A. L. Burt, Publishers
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
The Old Sage Bookshop
Books returnable within 5 days if you are not satisfied.
About the Seller
The Old Sage Bookshop
Biblio member since 2005
Prescott, Arizona
About The Old Sage Bookshop
Situated in historic downtown Prescott, Arizona, The Old Sage Bookshop offers a fine selection of new southwest books as well as quality used books for the collector, the seeker, and the avid reader. This is a small but mighty bookshop.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
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