The Ugly Duckling
by Andersen, Hans Christian; Marianna Mayer
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
-
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Thomas Locker. SIGNED Unpaginated. Oblong quarto [22 x 28 cm] 1/4 Navy cloth and paper over boards. Title stamped in gilt on backstrip. Front hinge is cracked. Dust jacket has three 1" closed tears. Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale reimagined by Marianna Mayer and fantastically illustrated by Thomas Locker. With signatures by both creators on the half-title.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65784
- Title
- The Ugly Duckling
- Author
- Andersen, Hans Christian; Marianna Mayer
- Illustrator
- Thomas Locker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- color illustrations; children's literature; picture book; fairy tale
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...