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The Grateful Sparrow and Other Tales
by taken from the German by Angela Thirkell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No dust jacket issued
- Seller
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Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London (2nd Impression, July 1936). Hardcover, no dust jacket. Front board slightly bowed and book is slightly shelf cocked. Gift inscription from 1940 on ffep in pencil. Clean and unmarked, binding tight. Very slightly musty from storage and very lightly age toned. Taken from the German by Angela Thirkell with 24 full-page illustrations in colour by Ludwig Richter.
THE GRATEFUL SPARROW AND OTHER TALES taken from the German by Angela Thirkell with twenty-four full-page illustrations in colour by Ludwig Richter. The book is dedicated "to the memory of the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Berthold Auerbach, and their translators, known and unknown." List of Tales: The Grateful Sparrow; Christmas Brings Joy; A Sad Story, or The Song of The Three Maidens; A Day in the Country; and The Four Seasons.
THE GRATEFUL SPARROW AND OTHER TALES taken from the German by Angela Thirkell with twenty-four full-page illustrations in colour by Ludwig Richter. The book is dedicated "to the memory of the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Berthold Auerbach, and their translators, known and unknown." List of Tales: The Grateful Sparrow; Christmas Brings Joy; A Sad Story, or The Song of The Three Maidens; A Day in the Country; and The Four Seasons.
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- Bookseller
- heytotobooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 02282202KK
- Title
- The Grateful Sparrow and Other Tales
- Author
- taken from the German by Angela Thirkell
- Illustrator
- Ludwig Richter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Impression
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1936
- Pages
- 117
- Size
- 10"x7.5"x0.75"
- Weight
- 1.44 lbs
- Keywords
- German Folk Tales
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books; Literature; Vintage;
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...