The Flint Heart: A Fairy Story
by Eden Phillpotts
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$1,108.72A$997.84
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 6". Charles J. Folkard. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this scarce fantasy novel by Eden Phillpotts. The first edition of this scarce work.Inscribed 'to his friend, Basil Hastings, from Eden Phillpotts', dated 1914. Hastings was an English author, journalist, and playwright. He was a regular correspondent of Joseph Conrad, and collaborated on two plays with Phillpotts himself.Illustrated with sixteen plates by Charles J. Folkard. Collated, complete.With an advertisement leaf to the rear.A fantastical fairy tale about Dartmoor, which includes fairies, a 'zagabog', and a hot water bottle named Bismark. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt detailing to the front board. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with a touch of fraying in these regions. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned, with instances of spotting throughout, most concentrated to pages facing plates. Pencil notations throughout. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 895F35
- Title
- The Flint Heart: A Fairy Story
- Author
- Eden Phillpotts
- Illustrator
- Charles J. Folkard
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder, & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 8" by 6"
- Keywords
- Basil Macdonald Hastings Basil Hastings Eden Phillpotts fairy tale Basil Hastings
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Gilt
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- Tail
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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