THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
by Browning, Robert ; Kate Greenaway (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Frederick Warne and Co. Very Good+. c1950. Hardcover. Orange cloth spine with dark green pictorial boards. Former owner's bookplate on inside pastedown endpaper, otherwise clean and tight with some light wear at corners and bottom edge of boards. Quite a lovely copy of this beautifully illustrated book. 1950s edition. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40919
- Title
- THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
- Author
- Browning, Robert ; Kate Greenaway (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c1950
- Size
- 4to 11" - 13" tall.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
Terms of Sale
Antiquarian Book Shop
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About the Seller
Antiquarian Book Shop
Biblio member since 2017
Washington, District of Columbia
About Antiquarian Book Shop
At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...