Fairy Tales.
by NIELSEN, Kay (illustrator); ANDERSEN, Hans Christian
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1924]. . Limited edition, one of 500 copies signed by the artist; 4to (320 x 270 mm); 12 tipped-in colour plates and black & white illustrations and decorations by Kay Nielsen, captioned tissue-guards, occasional light spotting, mostly contained and heavier to endpapers, not affecting text block or plates (different paper uses); publisher's gilt-stamped pictorial vellum, top edge gilt, others uncut (as published, two small marks to bottom edge of upper cover, which is also slightly bowed, otherwise exceptionally clean and bright.
Includes many much-loved and sought-after fairy tales such as The Real Princess, The Snow Queen, The Nightingale and The Tinder Box.
Includes many much-loved and sought-after fairy tales such as The Real Princess, The Snow Queen, The Nightingale and The Tinder Box.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 107113
- Title
- Fairy Tales.
- Author
- NIELSEN, Kay (illustrator); ANDERSEN, Hans Christian
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1924].
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About the Seller
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London, London
About Shapero Rare Books
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....