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The Book of Fairies
by Phillpotts, Beatrice
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0345280911
- ISBN 13
- 9780345280916
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Ballantine Books, 1979. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Lovely, lavishly illustrated tribute to fairies in art, with 13 pages of text preceding 40 full-page, full-color plates suitable for framing (each is described in detail in 3 pages preceding). Originally published in Britain in 1978 as "Fairy Paintings,'' this is the First American Edition in softcover from 1979. Oversized hardcover has moss green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Condition is Fine (our highest grade): looks & feels nearly Brand New! Completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white, colors bright. Tiny stamp to ffep & extremely mild bumping to lower corners. The unclipped DJ is Near Fine, with just very slight wrinkling along both top & bottom edges. Beautifully protected in new mylar cover Free! 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 by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: book is too large for expedited domestic or international shipping without preapproval of substantial (at least double) postage increase per USPS rates. (We are also offering the first softcover edition of this same book; please see our listing #009179).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018626
- Title
- The Book of Fairies
- Author
- Phillpotts, Beatrice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0345280911
- ISBN 13
- 9780345280916
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- FAIRY FANTASY MYTHOLOGY MYTHICAL IMAGINARY ENCHANTED LITTLE PEOPLE ART PAINTING ; -$10 1-23
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Art-Artists; Fairy Tales-Folklore-Fables-Mythology;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
All books shipped promptly that day or next; tracking # provided on all orders. Refunds issued gladly in accordance with Biblio policies.
About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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