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Children's Stories From French Fairy Tales
by ASHLEY, Doris; VREDENBURG, Capt. (ed.); ATTWELL, Mabel Lucie (illus.)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, nd. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 143, [1] p. 25 cm. Colour frontispiece and 11 other colour plates. Numerous b&w line drawings. Brown cloth spine with paper boards. Colourful front illustration. Corners and edges worn, some scratches to covers. A little soiling evident on plain rear board. A little wrinkling to spine. Ink signature on front free endpaper. Offsetting to free endpapers. Plate opposite pp. 15, 66 & 74 tape repaired and jut out a bit. Tear in edge of p. 51.
Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879 -1964) was a British children's book illustrator known for her cute, nostalgic drawings of children. Her drawings were also featured on many postcards, advertisements, posters and figurines. Capt. Edric Vredenburg may be less known today; he was a thriller writer who turned to writing and editing books for the very young and used the name Father Tuck.
Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879 -1964) was a British children's book illustrator known for her cute, nostalgic drawings of children. Her drawings were also featured on many postcards, advertisements, posters and figurines. Capt. Edric Vredenburg may be less known today; he was a thriller writer who turned to writing and editing books for the very young and used the name Father Tuck.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 147943
- Title
- Children's Stories From French Fairy Tales
- Author
- ASHLEY, Doris; VREDENBURG, Capt. (ed.); ATTWELL, Mabel Lucie (illus.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Raphael Tuck & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- nd
- Keywords
- Children's, Fairy tales
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