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East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Old Tales from the North
by Nielsen, Kay (Illus)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: George H Doran Company, 1914 205 pgs. Black paper over boards, titled in gilt with a pastedown illustration to upper cover, lavender cloth spine titled in gilt, the edges are rubbed, corners worn, gilt dulled, faint edge crease to frontis. Tipped-in color frontis and 24 other tipped in color plates with captions. Many other decorative elements and illustrations in b&w. This is the first edition printed and bound in the US, preceded by a large paper copy bound in black cloth published by Hodder & Stoughton from British sheets and followed by the more common American edition bound in yellow cloth. Curiously, this edition can be found in various states, with a Hodder & Stoughton title page, a Doran cancel title page and lastly, a Doran title page bound in, as this is. Priority is unknown.. First American Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Kay Nielsen. Large 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009832
- Title
- East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Old Tales from the North
- Author
- Nielsen, Kay (Illus)
- Illustrator
- Kay Nielsen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- George H Doran Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1914
- Size
- Large 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- illustrated, Children's, color Plates, Tipped-in Plates, Norwegian tales, folk tales, Fairy Tales, Norse Mythology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales;
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
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About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Established in 2003, E M Maurice Books has been selling rare, collectible, out-of-print and obscure children's and illustrated books by catalog, online and at trade shows around the Northeast. We have high standards for condition and make every effort to describe condition and edition accurately. We rarely sell ex-library copies and on the rare occasion we do, it will be stated clearly in the description. Our quarterly digital catalogs include items which are offered to established customers before being offered online, please inquire if you would like to be added to our digital mailing list. We never sell our mailing list and save all customer information in a safe digital environment.
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- Tipped In
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- First Edition
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- 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...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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