WINTER'S TALES
by Dinesen, Isak
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Middletown, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
(New York): Random House, (1942). First U.S. edition and first in English. Preceded by the Danish-language edition. 8vo blue cloth boards decorated so as to produce the effect of three-quarter blue cloth with marbled paper boards edged in gilt; spine stamped in gilt and white; top edge burnt orange. Small address label on rear pastedown, cover edges a little darkened, otherwise near fine in good, price-clipped dust jacket with spine tanned, stained and worn on ends and stain on rear panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quill & Brush (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55003
- Title
- WINTER'S TALES
- Author
- Dinesen, Isak
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- (New York)
- Date Published
- (1942)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quill & Brush
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Middletown, Maryland
About Quill & Brush
Quill & Brush was established in 1976 by Allen & Patricia Ahearn, the authors of the well-respected reference for booksellers and collectors, Collected Books: The Guide to Identification and Values.At present the Quill & Brush is run by the Ahearns' eldest daughter, Beth Fisher. Allen is semi-retired but continues to buy, sell, and perform professional appraisals.
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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...