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The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. With slipcase.
by PERRAULT, CHARLES:
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, The Folio Society, 1998 1st thus printing. Hardback, Size 10 x 7.5 inches. In maroon cloth covers with gilt decor to spine and boards with vignette to front. Grey endpapers. In maroon hard card slipcase. In very good condition. (SC; Some slight shelf wear, as well as marking). marking on top edge and foxing on the others. Private plate belonging to David Wilson on end paper. A very clean and tight copy. 185pp. With 30 full-page colour plates and b/w chapter heads and tails. Folio Society edition of Perrault’s Fairy Tales beautifully illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Stories include Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding-Hood, Blue Beard, Puss in Boots, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95306
- Title
- The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. With slipcase.
- Author
- PERRAULT, CHARLES:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, The Folio Society, 1998 1st thus printing
- Keywords
- FOLIO SOCIETY publications CHARLES PERRAULT, Fairy Tales, Illustrated, Edmund Dulac, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding-Hood, Blue Beard, Puss, Boots, Cinderella, Beauty, Beast, colour plates, slip case, 1999, slip case, modern editions
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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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