THE HOUSE FAIRIES.
by TARRANT, Margaret. Verses by Mrs St. John Webb.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Modern Art Society, (1930).. SECOND IMPRESSION IN DUSTWRAPPER circa 1930 (first published 1925), 155 x 103 mm, 6¼ x 4½ inches, pale blue boards with green vignette, illustrated front endpaper, 40 pages. 6 very pretty mounted colour plates, all featuring fairies, title vignette and 21 illustrations in blue in the text. Book is slightly faded on spine otherwise Fine in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER (dw: slightest wear to head and tail of spine and corners, 5 mm (¼") closed tear to head of spine, minute chips at tail, very bright and clean). The price 2/- was originally printed in blue on the spine and lower panel of the dustwrapper, it was then over printed 1s. 6d. in pink for the second impression (see our enlarged image). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47215
- Title
- THE HOUSE FAIRIES.
- Author
- TARRANT, Margaret. Verses by Mrs St. John Webb.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Modern Art Society, (1930).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fairies Margaret Tarrant children's book illustrated colour plates
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Fine
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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...