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Undine
by De La Motte Fouque, W L Courtney [adaptation from German]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London and New York : William Heinemann and Doubleday Page & Co, 1909 A good to very good copy of the 1st limited edition signed by Arthur Rackham in the original full vellum binding with tipped in frontispiece and 14 further tipped in colour plates. No 116 of a 1,000 printed. Top page edges gilted, remainder untrimmed. The untrimmed edges are slightly spotted. Plates on brown stock paper with captioned tissue-guards. Numerous black and white designs and illustrations. The binding has bright gilt decoration and titles but the vellum is pitted throughout. There is light wear to corners. The remains of the original ties are present. Internally the book is complete and in near fine clean condition. There is the odd spot, mainly to tissue guards and light toning to pages adjacent to the brown stock paper that supports the plates. The final page and the half title which are adjacent to the brown endpapers are also lightly toned. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E C Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032889
- Title
- Undine
- Author
- De La Motte Fouque, W L Courtney [adaptation from German]
- Illustrator
- Arthur Rackham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann and Doubleday Page & Co
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1909
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- undine; signed limited undine; arthur rackham; early twentieth century colour plate books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Children's;
- Size
- 4to - over 9� - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
E C Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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