The Pearl Fountain and Other Fairy Tales
by Kavanagh, Bridget and Julia
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
San Anselmo, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York. Henry Holt and Co. 1876. Bound in the elaborate high victorian style. Pictorial gilt decorated red cloth with gilt tooled fairy motif and coloured bird inset to front cover and gilt tooled owl to spine. 8vo. First Edition. Illustrated with 30 charming full page monochrome plates and further page decorations by J. Moyr Smith. Covers somewhat soiled. Head and tail pieces somewhat frayed. A Very Good tight, copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7748
- Title
- The Pearl Fountain and Other Fairy Tales
- Author
- Kavanagh, Bridget and Julia
- Format/Binding
- Bound in the elaborate high victorian style. Pictorial gilt decorated red cloth with gilt tooled fairy motif and coloured bird i
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1876.
- Size
- 8vo.
Terms of Sale
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
The Heldfond Book Gallery is an elected member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and conforms to all ethical codes and standards of those organizations.Books found to be materially mis-described may be returned within seven days of receipt and all monies will be promptly refunded, if returned to us in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Anselmo, California
About Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Located just accross the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California - the Heldfond Book Gallery, Ltd. is one of the oldest and most esteemed Rare Bookstores on the West Coast. Specializations include: Illustrated Books in all disciplines, Fine Bindings and Sets, Important Literary First Editions,Fine Arts, Collectable Children's Illustrated Books, Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula,Rare Aviation and Maritime as well as a consistently superb inventory of General Antiquarian Materials.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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.
- 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....