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THE FAIRY TALE OF MY LIFE
by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (TRANSLATOR W.GLYN JONES)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
BRITISH BOOK CENTRE Fawn Buckram cloth Quarter Binding with blocked titles to spine paper covered boards, 340 x260 mm approx. 350 pp - double columnar text translated by W Glyn Jones from the Danish of H Topsoe-Jensen's annotated edition of 1951. Colour frontis + 49 other colour plates as expected by Niels Stevns. First UK Edition 1954. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good no d/j (Book- heavy shelf wear to cloth at tail of spine and rubbing to paper covered boards with a few bumps. Ink initials of a previous owner and date 1957 to free front end paper. Binding sound with no cracks to end papers). A very heavy tome and significant additional postage will be needed for overseas shipping.
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Details
- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131135
- Title
- THE FAIRY TALE OF MY LIFE
- Author
- HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (TRANSLATOR W.GLYN JONES)
- Illustrator
- NIELS LARSEN STEVNS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition UK
- Publisher
- BRITISH BOOK CENTRE
- Keywords
- The Fairy tale of my life, Hans Christain Andersen, Autobiography, Niels Larsen Stevns Illustrated, Literary biographies,
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- Buckram
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- Shelf Wear
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