The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
by Grimm, Brothers (Lucas, Mrs Edgar, Trans.)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Constable and Company, 1909. xv, [1], 325pp, [1], plates. Rebound in full morocco by Temple Bookbinders, raised bands, spine in six panels, title in gilt to second panel, illustrator to fourth, date to foot, panels with double fillet border, upper cover with the design from the original cloth replicated. Externally fine, internally bright and clean, complete with forty tissue-guarded plates by Rackham. Riall, page 97 (published in 1900 with fewer illustrations). First Thus. Full Morocco. Very Good. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur. 4to.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000298
- Title
- The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
- Author
- Grimm, Brothers (Lucas, Mrs Edgar, Trans.)
- Illustrator
- Rackham, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Constable and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909
- Size
- 4to
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Grimm, Rackham, Fairy Tales, Bindings
Terms of Sale
Temple Rare Books
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
Biblio member since 2012
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Temple Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...