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Fairy Tales from New Zealand with Nature Notes
by Vaille, Blanche
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/N/A
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Simpkin Marshall , 1928. Fairy stories with an emphasis on Maori tales, including factual information from observation on New Zealand insects and plants. Nice engraved illus titling to head of each tale, beautiful colour frontis illus, 12 b/w illus internally, Maori pronunciation section for words contained at the end of each story. CONDITION Heavy card bds with cloth spine (rubbed to spine) 106 pages printed on high quality gloss paper. Very nice internally with tidy name at top of front pastedown and insect damage to last blank page only, o/w bright and crisp copy of rare book. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/N/A. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14920
- Title
- Fairy Tales from New Zealand with Nature Notes
- Author
- Vaille, Blanche
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simpkin Marshall
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals & Birds;
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
We are a small friendly book store stocking a unique selection of rare and out of print books. Currently we are searching for a suitable new location but have had an open book shop since 1998.
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- First Edition
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- BDS
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- O/W
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- Cloth
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- 12mo
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- Crisp
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