Fairy Tales
by Hans Andersen [Hardcover] Hans Christian Andersen and Arthur Rackham
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Good. Good bright pictorial gilt on adobe cloth hardcover , spine dulled soiled and worn, in no dustjacket. Top edge gilt (Mckay on spine) [1932]. First Am. ed. small 4to, 288p., Corner loss (quarterdollar sized); a few other pages bent at corners. 12 color illus. ILLUST nice. Hinges, pictorial endpapers nice; no reader, remainder, or ex-library marks.
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Details
- Seller
- Station North Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 0922O4PRHX1
- Title
- Fairy Tales
- Author
- Hans Andersen [Hardcover] Hans Christian Andersen and Arthur Rackham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
Terms of Sale
Station North Books
20 days no-questions-asked returns. I'll pay postage if the book is not as described.
About the Seller
Station North Books
Biblio member since 2006
Baltimore, Maryland
About Station North Books
I grade conservatively, personally inspecting all the books and trying to describe their condition so you have no surprises. I aim to underpromise and overdeliver. My best feedback is the (more than) one that says, "Better than described!" I have been collecting books for years and sharing story and ideas as an English teacher since 1987. Ned at NedSparrow.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...