THE TALKING BEASTS. A Book of Fable Wisdom.
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas and Nora Archibald Smith, editors
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Fair
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1911. First Edition. hardcover. Very good/Fair. Nelson, Harold. Illustrations by Harold Nelson. Octavo, crimson cloth covers with gilt titles and design of a fox standing on his hind legs looking up at grapes on a trellis; on the spine the fox is sitting. Part of the series: The Children's Crimson Classics. xxii + 391 + 3 pages of publisher's ads. Dust jacket price clipped, has a couple of large chips.Includes tales from all over the world, including Aesop; Fables of Bidpai (Indian); Hitopadesa (Sanskrit); P.V. Ramaswami Raju (Indian); Malayan Fables; Moorish Fables; African Fables; Fables from Krilof (Russian); Fables from the Chinese; Fables of La Fontaine (French); Fables from the Spanish of Carlos Yriarte; Fables of Gay, Cowper, and others (English). 042407C
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000020814
- Title
- THE TALKING BEASTS. A Book of Fable Wisdom.
- Author
- Wiggin, Kate Douglas and Nora Archibald Smith, editors
- Illustrator
- Nelson, Harold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1911
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Alkahest Books
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Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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