The Fairy-Tale Omnibus
by Baxter, Doreen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Carmarthen, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Collins. Good+ in Fair dust jacket. 1954. Reprint. Hardcover. Charmingly illustrated boards with black titling on a red cloth spine. In the original publisher's illustrated and price-clipped dustjacket which has some edge wear to the extremities and a few closed tears which are now neatly repaired to the inside of the dustjacket with clear archive tape. The dustjacket has some internal foxing (brown spots) and some light smudging to the covers. The first few front and rear pages are sunned, the page fore-edges are uniformly tanned and the pages are lightly tanned, otherwise No Inscriptions or other Marks. 128 pp. Lovingly illustrated in b/w and colour by Doreen Baxter. Overall, apart from the 'faults', as detailed above, this is a tight and secure, 'Good' copy. "Here is a completely new presentation of stories from Grimm and Anderson, specially selected and illustrated for young children. The best-loved of the familiar stories are here- 'Snow White', ' Hansel and Grethel', ' Rapunzel', 'The Little Mermaid' and other favourites- all of them generously illustrated in line by Doreen Baxter who has also drawn the six beautiful colour plates." ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110737
- Title
- The Fairy-Tale Omnibus
- Author
- Baxter, Doreen
- Illustrator
- Doreen Baxter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Doreen Baxter; The Fairy-tale Omnibus;, Grimms' Fairy Tales; Andersen's Fairy Tales;, Hans Christian Andersen; Brother's Grimm;, Snow White; Hansel And Grethel; Rapunzel;, The Little Mermaid; The Emperor's New Clothes;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Fiction; Sci-Fi/Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Retired Member of the P.B.F.A, and the WBA. In business for 42+ years to date, mainly working from home nowadays, and formerly exhibiting at Major London Book Fairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! View by Appointment ONLY Please, as I may be unavailable on the day you call. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately no wheelchair access. Currently only working part-time.
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Sunned
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- Reprint
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- New
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- Tight
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