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The Fantastic Kingdom
by Larkin, David (Editor); Maloney, Margaret
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0345244680
- ISBN 13
- 9780345244680
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1974. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Lavishly illustrated tribute to the artists active during the "golden age" of fantastic literature & illustrated children's books--late 19th-early 20th centuries, including Arthur Rackham, Maxfield Parrish, Howard Pyle, W. Heath Robinson, Edmund Dulac, Charles Robinson, Edward Detmold, Dorothy Pulis Lathrop, Kay Nielsen, & more. Unpaginated. Edited by Larkin, with Biographical Notes on the illustrators by Maloney, followed by 40 gorgeous full-color, full-page plates. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1974, this oversized (4to) softcover has decorative white wrappers that show some tanning around the edges. Interior is completely clean, binding tight & square, plate margins white, colors bright; mild tanning to edges of text pages. Very mild rubbing to extremities, but distinctive old book smell! Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Pacific time (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021430
- Title
- The Fantastic Kingdom
- Author
- Larkin, David (Editor); Maloney, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0345244680
- ISBN 13
- 9780345244680
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- FANTASY ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATORS CHILDREN BOOKS LITERATURE ARTISTS ART NOUVEAU
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Fairy Tales-Folklore-Fables-Mythology; Books About Books;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- First Edition
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