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FAIRY TALES.
by GOODALL, John S. (illustrator).:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Ward Lock, (1963).. FIRST EDITION (1963), 215 x 155 mm, 8½ x 6¼ inches, maroon boards, gilt vignette to upper board, 159 pages. Coloured frontispiece and 8 splendid colour plates, 7 of which are double page. Numerous black and white illustrations also. 12 stories including Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, The Three Bears, Tom Thumb, Red Riding Hood, Sinbad the Sailor and Puss in Boots. No credit for the editor. Occasional very slight pale foxing. Very good plus in very good DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, spine faintly browned, 20 mm (1") chip to top edge of lower panel, 10 mm chips at head and tail of hinges, tiny chips at corners, folds slightly rubbed). A Prince Charming Colour Book. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45653
- Title
- FAIRY TALES.
- Author
- GOODALL, John S. (illustrator).:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Ward Lock, (1963).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FAIRY TALES Snow White Beauty and the Beast The Three Bears Tom Thumb Red Riding Hood Sinbad the Sailor and Puss in Boots CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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- Spine
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- Dustwrapper
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
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- Price Clipped
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- First Edition
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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