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Fairy Tales and Stories
by Andersen, Hans Christian; Hackett, Francis (Preface); Toksvig, Signe (Editor)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Rapid River, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, Publishers, 1923. Second printing. First published November, 1921, Reissue, August, 1923. Sharp, ruled, midnight blue full-cloth boards, black embossed cover art of the wild swans, cover titles and spine art - crisp gilt spine titles, fine. Pages crisp, clean; no writing. Frontispiece color painting of Elisa by Eric Pape. Charming blue monotone, illustrated endpapers of the fishing frogs. Includes over seventy full and partial-page, enchanting illustrations by Eric Pape, along w/fascinating paper cuttings made by Hans Andersen, himself, w/their own unique charm for his young admirers. Tales include: The Tinderbox; Little Claus and Big Claus; The Princess on the Pea; Little Ida's Flowers; Tommelisa; The Traveling Companion; The LIttle Mermaid; The Emperor's New Clothes; The Steadfast Tin Soldier; The Wild Swans; The Swineherd; The Nightingale; The Ugly Snow Queen; The Snow Queen; The Darning Needle; and, Booby Hans. Near fine, rare investment. 5.75" x 7.25" design. 215 pages. Insured post.. First MacMillan Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illus. by Pape, Eric (Illustration); Andersen, Hans (Paper Cuttings - Illustration). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
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- Bookseller
- BiblioStax
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016296
- Title
- Fairy Tales and Stories
- Author
- Andersen, Hans Christian; Hackett, Francis (Preface); Toksvig, Signe (Editor)
- Illustrator
- Pape, Eric (Illustration); Andersen, Hans (Paper Cuttings - Illustration)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First MacMillan Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Rapid River, Michigan
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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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