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Undine by F. De La Motte Fouque with Illustrations by Rosie M.M. Pitman 1st thus 1897
by De La Motte Fouque, Friedrich.; Pitman, Rosie M.M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in lightly rubbed boards/no dustwrapper
- Seller
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1897. 1st thus. hardbound. Very Good in lightly rubbed boards/no dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations Illustrated edition of de la Motte Fouque's Undine, telling the tale of a water sprite who marries a knight in order to gain a soul; illustrations by Rosie MM Pitman, including full-page b&w frontispiece plate with tissue-guard; full-page b&w illustrations throughout and illustrated chapter headings; blue cloth boards with gilt titling and designs to front and spine; top edge gilt, text block untrimmed; medium foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block, very occasional lighter foxing in text, o.w. Very Good throughout; boards lightly rubbed, a little dulled to spine.
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- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22698
- Title
- Undine by F. De La Motte Fouque with Illustrations by Rosie M.M. Pitman 1st thus 1897
- Author
- De La Motte Fouque, Friedrich.; Pitman, Rosie M.M
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in lightly rubbed boards
- Jacket Condition
- no dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
- Pages
- 203pp
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian and Rare Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gotcha By The Books
Biblio member since 2017
Camira, Queensland
About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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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...
- 1st Thus
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- Dustwrapper
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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