The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales. Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. From the Old French.
by QUILLER-COUCH, Sir Arthur. DULAC, Edmund (illus.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- The tips of the corners are rubbed, with slight rubbing to the cloth at joints and extremities of the spine. Inner hinges reinf
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
London:: Hodder & Stoughton,, n.d. [circa 1910-12].. publisher's gilt rust-colored pebbled cloth.. The tips of the corners are rubbed, with slight rubbing to the cloth at joints and extremities of the spine. Inner hinges reinforced with adhesive; some tanning to the blank endsheets; contents otherwise clean and fine.. Folio,. With 30 tipped-in color plates by Edmund Dulac..
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71658
- Title
- The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales. Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. From the Old French.
- Author
- QUILLER-COUCH, Sir Arthur. DULAC, Edmund (illus.)
- Illustrator
- With 30 tipped-in color plates by Edmund Dulac.
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's gilt rust-colored pebbled cloth.
- Book Condition
- Used - The tips of the corners are rubbed, with slight rubbing to the cloth at joints and extremities of the spine. Inner hinges reinf
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- n.d. [circa 1910-12].
- Pages
- [xvi] 129 [2] pp.
- Size
- Folio,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
Terms of Sale
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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