Halle: Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1878. Octavo (19cm). Quarter red cloth with decorated paper boards, stamped in black and gilt on spine, all edges lightly marbled; with original dull green typographic dust jacket and cardboard box with printed paper label; [xx],718,[2]pp; 2pp of publisher's ads at rear; 3 steel engravings and 10 wood engraved plates. With a few small external smudges and occasional spots to paper, small loss to upper corner of half-title but otherwise Near Fine. Jacket lightly rubbed, dulled on spine, with one inch-long tear and a few tiny chips at head and tail: Very Good. Box moderately rubbed and scuffed, with one joint cracking: Good.

German collection of folktales, with the original 1878 dust jacket and protective box, in an unusual state of preservation. A printed note on the box with the title also states "Ohne diese enveloppe wird kein exemplar zurückgenommen!"--i.e., "No copy will be taken back without this envelope!" In fact, the Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses (Orphanage Bookshop) is still in operation and is one of the oldest bookstores in Germany, having been established in 1698.

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Bookseller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 58743
Title: Erzählungen aus der alten Welt für die Jugend
Author: BECKER, Karl Friedrich
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses
Place of Publication: Halle
Date Published: 1878
Bookseller catalogs: Germany;

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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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....