The Ice Maiden
by Hans Christian Andersen (S.B. Pearse, illust)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/Poor/No DJ
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Fair HC, no DJ. Dark blue cloth over boards; front cover and spine gilt stamped with foliate, urn and festoon designs and titles; front cover with color paper panel; gilt, red and white end papers; two-color title page. Covers and spine scuffed/lightly soiled; front free end paper missing; cracked at front and rear hinges but remains tightly bound; 6 color plates present; lacking color plate facing p. 40 and frontispiece; clean interior but for few pages with faint pencil erasures; moderate foxing throughout. 'Stories for the Children'. 24mo, 95 pp; illustrated.
Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18328
- Title
- The Ice Maiden
- Author
- Hans Christian Andersen (S.B. Pearse, illust)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair/Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London/New York: Ward, Lock & Co./Platt & Peck, no date (1905)
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- FOLK TALES, SCANDINAVIAN, DANISH, NORSE, ILLUSTRATORS, WOMEN
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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