The Ice Maiden
by ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. New Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth with black and gilt decorations to the front board and the spine. With drawings by Zwecker, engraved by Pearson. All page edges gilt. There is some darkening to the spine, mild shelfwear to the cloth. A stain to the upper page edges at the spine. Gift inscription to the front endpage in pencil. From the Griffith and Farran sheets.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23603
- Title
- The Ice Maiden
- Author
- ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN
- Format/Binding
- Decorated Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- 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....
- Edges
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
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- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- 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...