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
- first
- Condition
- Bookplate on pastedown; 1910 ink gift inscription opposite the half-title page. A very few spots of scattered foxing; contents
- Seller
-
Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
London:: Hodder & Stoughton,, n.d. [circa 1910-12].. First trade edition.. publisher's gilt rust-colored pebbled cloth.. Bookplate on pastedown; 1910 ink gift inscription opposite the half-title page. A very few spots of scattered foxing; contents otherwise fine. Tiny areas of rubbing to the corner tips and extremities of the spine; tight, unworn and sound. . Folio,. With 30 tipped-in color plates by Edmund Dulac..
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76267
- 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 - Bookplate on pastedown; 1910 ink gift inscription opposite the half-title page. A very few spots of scattered foxing; contents
- Edition
- First trade edition.
- 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
All books are returnable within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. New York residents please add 8% sales tax. All items guaranteed. Members ABAA, ILAB.
About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Specializing in modern first editions since 1978. Fine and rare books in all fields.
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- Cloth
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- Folio
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- Bookplate
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Fine
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