German Fairy Tales
by Andersen, Hans Christian; Pesoa (Illust)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: World Publishing House. Good+. 1876. early printing. Hardcover. Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 380 pages; 1876 World Publishing House. Stout HC in original green cloth with decorative borders in black and titles in gilt and black. Early printing. Cloth thinned and fraying at spine ends; slightly rubbed through at corner tips. Page stock lightly toned at edges. Binding cords visible between signatures with a few signatures starting slightly at the front edge. Light silverfish scaling to board surfaces and mild pitting to page block edges. Some full page drawings scattered through are signed Pesoa. G++ .
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Details
- Bookseller
- DogStar Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48427
- Title
- German Fairy Tales
- Author
- Andersen, Hans Christian; Pesoa (Illust)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- early printing
- Publisher
- World Publishing House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1876
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian Books; Fairy and Folk Tales;
Terms of Sale
DogStar Books
15 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
Glossary
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....