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Hans Christian Andersen's Stories for the Household
by Andersen, Hans Christian
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: McLoughlin Bros., Publishers, 1890. Hardcover. Fair. Vintage collection from the late-19th-early 20th century (no date in book, c. 1890 per publisher) of 68 classic fairy tales from Andersen, illustrated throughout the 284 pages with pen-and-ink drawings + a full-color frontispiece depicting "A Christmas Eve Dream" (artist unattributed). With deep red cloth over boards stamped with a colorful illustration & gilt lettering to front/black lettering & cat design to spine, this hardcover quarto to (8.25" x 01.5") is in Fair condition: text block is secure, but binding has cracked & been reglued, but ffep & frontispiece are completely loose. Pages generally clean with the occasional smudge; 2 pages have tears, one taped, & there is old tape offsetting to endpapers. One page has some pen scribbles, else completely unmarked. Heavy rubbing to extremities with cloth loss at both ends of spine & all corners. Still, a lovely copy for its vintage illustrations...and the timeless stories! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023563
- Title
- Hans Christian Andersen's Stories for the Household
- Author
- Andersen, Hans Christian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- McLoughlin Bros., Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- fairy tales princesses prince magic fantasy illustrated children child picture books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Fairy Tales-Folklore-Fables-Mythology;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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