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Nursery Tales: A Book of Nursery Stories
by Violet M. (collected and illustrated by) Macdonald
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape, London, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Violet M. Macdonald. colour frontis. illustration plus 16 full-page b/w. illustrations throughout & with header & footer b/w. illustrations to each story; a collection of mostly traditional tales for the young - including: 'The Old Woman & Her Pig'; 'How Jack went to Seek His Fortune'; 'Teeny-Tiny'; 'Three Wise Men of Gotham'; 'Henny-Penny'; 'The Babes in the Wood'; 'Lazy Jack' & others. - collected & illustrated in a style reminiscent of old woodcuts by Violet M. Macdonald; contents & illustration lists to front; notes on sources at the rear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 158 pages. minor handling marks & browning to yellow covers. Spine slightly browned with age. Black titles spine & front. yellow cloth. Illustrator: Violet M. Macdonald. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Young Childrens; Childrens Tales; Nursery Stories; Fiction. Inventory No: 4154. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4154
- Title
- Nursery Tales: A Book of Nursery Stories
- Author
- Violet M. (collected and illustrated by) Macdonald
- Illustrator
- Violet M. Macdonald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Children/Childrens/Childrens Fiction/Fiction/Young Childrens/Childrens Tales/Nursery Stories Children; Young Childrens; Childrens Tales; Nursery Stories; Fiction. Violet M. Macdonald Unbranded Violet M. (collected and illustrated by) Macdonald N
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- 12mo
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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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....
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