Fairy Tales and Legends
by Hans Andersen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Bodley Head, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1959. This Edition. 470 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Blue patterned cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Pen markings to front free endpaper. Top textblock edge dyed red. Pen marks to top edges textblock. Moderate loss to title page. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear and tape marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to spine and panels. Jacket is in removable plastic cover.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1687505636MEP
- Title
- Fairy Tales and Legends
- Author
- Hans Andersen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head
- Date Published
- 1959
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.