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Tales of Mystery and Imagination
by Edgar Allen Poe
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1935. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Arthur Rackham . First trade edition. 4to, pp318 plus 12 full colour illustrations with tissue guards and numerous b/w illustrations throughout text by Arthur Rackham. Hardcover with dust jacket. DJ in protective sleeve in fair condition with pieces missing from top and bottom of spine and edges. Original publishers black cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and skeleton design to front board. Inside decorative end papers designed by Rackham. All pages with marbled top edge in very good/near fine condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000531
- Title
- Tales of Mystery and Imagination
- Author
- Edgar Allen Poe
- Illustrator
- Arthur Rackham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- literature / fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Nikki Green Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glasgow, Glasgow
About Nikki Green Books
Nikki Green Books is based in Glasgow. We are third generation bookdealers, beginning with Eve Lowell who started The Dartmoor Bookshop in Ashburton and Sue Lowell Natural History Books, our parent company, based in London. We specialise in natural history along with a wide range of subjects
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- 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...
- Edges
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- Jacket
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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