THE SLEEPING BEAUTY AND OTHER FAIRY TALES FROM THE OLD FRENCH. SIGNED DELUXE EDITION
by SIR ARTHUR QUILLER COUCH ILLUSTRATED BY EDMUND DULAC
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HODDER & STOUGHTON, LONDON, 1910 HARDBACK VOLUME BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL FULL DECORATED LEATHER BINDING BUT WITH A LATER LEATHER SPINE ADDED, COMPLETE WITH ALL 30 TISSUE GUARDED MOUNTED PLATES BY DULAC, LIMITED TO 1000 SIGNED COPIES BY DULAC WITH THIS BEING NUMBER 897. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 13 x 10 INCHES. SOME RUBBING & A FEW SMALL CHIPS AT EDGES OF BOARDS, FRONT BOARD VERY SLIGHTLY BOWED, CORNERS BUMPED WITH SOME LOSS, FEW MINOR MARKS TO BOARDS, ENDPAPERS WITH MODERATE BROWNING, VERY OCCASIONAL FINGER MARK OR BLEMISH TO PAGES, TWO PLATES WITH SOME CREASES [SEE LAST IMAGE FOR EXAMPLE] ONE FURTHER PLATE WITH A VERY MINOR CREASE TO ONE CORNER, ONE TISSUE GUARD CREASED, FEW MINOR BUBBLES TO INNER FRONT BOARD, SLIGHT PLAY TO FRONT HINGE. OVERALL SOME FAULTS AS USUAL WITH THIS BOOK BUT STILL A VERY GOOD ACCEPTABLE COPY WITH BOARDS WELL ATTACHED & GILT TO BOARDS BRIGHT. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.. Signed by Author(s). Special Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Elder Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0062377-NL25
- Title
- THE SLEEPING BEAUTY AND OTHER FAIRY TALES FROM THE OLD FRENCH. SIGNED DELUXE EDITION
- Author
- SIR ARTHUR QUILLER COUCH ILLUSTRATED BY EDMUND DULAC
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Special Edition
- Publisher
- HODDER & STOUGHTON, LONDON
- Date Published
- 1910
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Elder Books
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Ross on Wye, Herefordshire
About Elder Books
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