New York: Macmillan, 1919. Red hardcover cloth binding decorated and titles in gilt. Rubbing along edges, hinges good, slight crack next to half-title age. Copyright page shows 1918 - set up and electrotyped Published October 1918. Title page shows 1919 (MCMXIX). Very slight separation of title page bottom 2". Endpapers illustrated with green line drawings of boy and girl - some foxing and stains on endpapers. 15 color plates in addition to color frontispiece all intact with tissue paper inserts. Many b/w throughout the text. Interior clean and tight. 41 Fairy Tale - some familiar, some not well known. 363 pages plus ads. A very nice copy.. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket.

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Bookseller: Deja Vu Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 013305
Title: ENGLISH FAIRY TALES (illustrated by Arthur Rackham)
Author: Steel, F. A. (retold by)
Illustrator: Rackham, Arthur
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Macmillan
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1919
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Bookseller catalogs: Childrens - All; Childrens - Picture Books/Favorite Illustrators;

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Copyright page: The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
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...