The Tale of the Golden Cockerel
by Pushkin, Alexander; Lowe, Patricia Tracy (Translator); Bilibin, Ivan (Illustrator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0690007906
- ISBN 13
- 9780690007909
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1975. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. Bilibin, Ivan. Another of Pushkin's retellings of traditional oral "skazki" (wonder or fairy tales), brilliantly illustrated in 1905 by renowned Russian painter Ivan Bilibin on almost every page & front cover.This is a 1975 reproduction of the First English-language version. Oblong hardcover has glossy decorative paper over boards & is in VG condition: very clean, binding is straight & secure, pages creamy white & unmarked, colors bright. Extremely slight bumping to corners. Flaws: 1) light but persistent foxing, affecting most but not all pages with light spots, 2) slight fraying at heel of spine. 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 #
- 018661
- Title
- The Tale of the Golden Cockerel
- Author
- Pushkin, Alexander; Lowe, Patricia Tracy (Translator); Bilibin, Ivan (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Bilibin, Ivan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0690007906
- ISBN 13
- 9780690007909
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- FAIRY TALES FOLKLORE LOCAL TRADITIONAL CULTURE CULTURAL LEGEND MYTH MYTHOLOGY ILLUSTRATED RUSSIA RUSSIAN USSR CHILDREN ILLUSTRATOR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Fairy Tales-Folklore-Fables-Mythology;
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La Mesa, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...