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CONTES DANOIS
by Hans Christian Andersen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++-Near FINE/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
Item Price
A$449.25A$359.40
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris: Librairie Garnier Freres, 1873. CONTES DANOIS- Hans Christian Andersen- Traduits Pour La Premiere Fois Par MM. Ernest Gregoire & Louis Moland- Illustres D'Apres Les Dessins De Yan Dargent- Librairie Garnier Freres- Paris- nd, sd, [1873] As per World cat: "Translated for the First Time"- Hardcover:-Small 4to- VG++-Near FINE/ no jacket as issued- A Fine binding of red cloth with gilt and black arabesque motif on cover and spine- very minimal rubbing, solid, clean, tight and square-3ff- i-lii 424pp+ 1ff are clean, no tears or writing or foxing- all page edges are gilt- numerous in text, header and end of chapter illustrations by Dargent- SEE PHOTOS- Bookplate ex-libris of Guilhot de Lagarde- Conservateur de Bibliothèque/Serials Librarian, Université Jean Moulin- A beautiful copy of Andersens fairy tales transalted for the first time into French- Pretty scarce and even scarcer in this condition!- Fiction-juvenile-fairytales-stories-classic-Andersen-illustrated-French (3416) Overseas has added costs due to size of book. Please inquire.. 1st Edition-1st Printing. Fine Binding. VG++-Near FINE/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Yan Dargent. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- jakoll
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3416
- Title
- CONTES DANOIS
- Author
- Hans Christian Andersen
- Illustrator
- Yan Dargent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++-Near FINE
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition-1st Printing
- Publisher
- Librairie Garnier Freres
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1873
- Keywords
- Fiction-juvenile-fairytales-stories-classic-Andersen-illustrated-French
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
jakoll
Payment must be received within 7 working days. Payments by cheque will be held 10 working days to clear. Full refund of purchase price only if item has been misdescribed as pertains to condition. Mailing costs non-refundable. Item must be returned in the same condition as it was originally sent out for refund conditions to apply.
About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
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- Rubbing
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- Fine Binding
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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