The Spider's Palace - And Other Stories.
by HUGHES, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chatto and Windus, London., 1931. First edition. Octavo. pp viii, 164. Drawings by George Charlton; the frontispiece is in colour. Buckram-backed decorated boards. Top edge gilt. Twenty short stories for children, including: The Man with a Green Face, Telephone Travel, Inhaling, The Glass Ball Country, etc. One of 110 numbered copies signed by the author.Spine slightly faded. Near fine.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HUGHESRI004444
- Title
- The Spider's Palace - And Other Stories.
- Author
- HUGHES, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus, London.
- Date Published
- 1931
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...