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FLEUR-DE-NEIGE et d'autres Contes de Grimm.
by NIELSEN, Kay (illustrator). Translated by Charles Guyot.:
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris, L'Edition d'Art, H. Piazza, 1929.. FIRST EDITION 1929. Edition limited to 2000 copies, this being No. 1977. French text, 4to, 302 x 232 mm, 12 x 9 inches, tan dustwrapper over plain thin card covers, dark green illustration and gilt title to to upper panel of wrapper, dark green lettering to spine, 117 pages. 12 beautiful mounted coloured plates by Nielsen set in beige borders, captioned tissue guards, decorated title page printed black and beige, title in red, black and white headpieces and pictorial initial letters decorated beige and black, all by Pierre Courtois. Text printed within triple ruled red border. No inscriptions, very small splits to dustwrapper at head and tail of spine which are also very slightly chipped, 5 mm (¼") at head, narrow chip 10 mm (½") deep at foot of lower hinge (see images), very slight creasing to spine of wrapper, tissue guards faintly foxed along edges. Otherwise a near Fine clean tight copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46684
- Title
- FLEUR-DE-NEIGE et d'autres Contes de Grimm.
- Author
- NIELSEN, Kay (illustrator). Translated by Charles Guyot.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Paris, L'Edition d'Art, H. Piazza, 1929.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Kay Nielsen Brothers Grimm fairy tales fairy stories livre francais illustre CHILDRENS
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
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Glossary
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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
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Foxed
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Title Page
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