English Fairy Tales
by STEEL, FLORA ANNIE [RETOLD BY]
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co, 1918. Limited Edition. Vellum. Very Good. Arthur Rackham. Quarto. One of 500 copies numbered and signed by Rackham. This being No. 386. Full vellum with gilt decoration to the front board and spine. Top edge gilt, fore and tail edges untrimmed. Illustrated throughout in black and white, and with 16 full-colour plates mounted on cream-coloured card stock, all with printed tissue guards. Some dust soiling, lower outer corner slightly bumped, otherwise a beautiful, clean copy of a very desirable book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24642
- Title
- English Fairy Tales
- Author
- STEEL, FLORA ANNIE [RETOLD BY]
- Illustrator
- Arthur Rackham
- Format/Binding
- Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1918
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...