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Stories and Tales
by Hans Christian Andersen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Hurd and Houghton, New York, 1871. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. Stories and Tales, New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1871. Octavo, pp. xix, 532 (1 leaf loose), brown cloth covers with blind-stamped pattern, gilt-stamped lettering and decoration on spine and front, black stamped lettering on back, illustrations by M.L. Stone and V. Pedersen, former owner's name stamped on title page. About 80 tales. Condition of this book: Rubbed corners, short tear at head of spine, overall very good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; 19th century; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54474. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54474
- Title
- Stories and Tales
- Author
- Hans Christian Andersen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hurd and Houghton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Children; 19th century; Art & Design. Hans Christian Andersen Stories and Tales
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Warwick, New York
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- New
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- Edges
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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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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