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Prince Prigio
by Lang, Andrew; Browne, Gordon (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1889. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Browne, Gordon. Fairy tale about a prince from the magical land of Pantouflia. In 144 pages + 2 pages of ads in rear: 5 pages have some coloring, all others & the 8 full-page plates & other illustrations are completely clean. A First Edition, unknown printing, from 1889, this hardcover 12mo (5" x 6.75") has red cloth-covered boards decorated & lettered in black to front & spine. Condition is Good, downgraded due to soil & external rubbing, fraying at corners & both ends of spine. Ffep is torn out, child's name & address in pencil inside front cover; all other pages unmarked except for some random foxing. Binding strong but slight rightward lean, hinges secure. No DJ, as issued. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022540
- Title
- Prince Prigio
- Author
- Lang, Andrew; Browne, Gordon (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Browne, Gordon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- FAIRY TALES PRINCE PRINCESS KINGDOM FICTION FANTASY CHILDREN ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATORS NINETEENTH 19TH CENTURY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fairy Tales-Folklore-Fables-Mythology;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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