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The Nightingale and Other Stories From Hans Christian Andersen
by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, EDMUND DULAC (ILLUSTRATOR)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- First Edition, First Printing. c.1920. Very good plus in deep navy pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Illustrated with 1/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 2811000178
- ISBN 13
- 9782811000172
- Seller
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Potomac, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
First Edition, First Printing (c.1920). Very good plus in deep navy pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Illustrated with 12 beautiful, full-page, tipped in color plates by Dulac. All present. Missing the very rare dust jacket. Cover a bit soiled, with cover gilt bright, but dull on the spine. Internally fine, clean and bright. Overall, a very nice copy.
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- Bookseller
- Grinning Cat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31595
- Title
- The Nightingale and Other Stories From Hans Christian Andersen
- Author
- HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, EDMUND DULAC (ILLUSTRATOR)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - First Edition, First Printing. c.1920. Very good plus in deep navy pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Illustrated with 1
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 2811000178
- ISBN 13
- 9782811000172
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE;
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Grinning Cat Books
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Potomac, Maryland
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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