Fairy Tales from Spain [Tales for Children from Many Lands].
by Escamez, J. Munoz; Matthews, William (illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London / Letchworth: J. M. Dent & Sons / Temple Press, 1940. Reprint ed.. Hardback small, no jacket, very good condition, green cloth boards, navy borders front cover & spine, colour illustration tipped-in on cover, frontispiece, colour plates, spine little faded, covers little scuffed & rubbed, light foxing edges, pages lightly toned, ownerâs printed name label inside front cover, owner's written name front free flyleaf. 126 pp. Fairy tales from Spain. Some of the fairy tales are titled: The City Of Fortune - The Author Of The Wall - The Man With The Two Faces - The Quack Doctor - The Man With The Nose - The Judgement Of the Flowers. The watercolour plates add a richness to the accompanying stories. A wonderful collection of fairy stories for anyone interested in the folklore of other countries. (Originally published, 1913.).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40553
- Title
- Fairy Tales from Spain [Tales for Children from Many Lands].
- Author
- Escamez, J. Munoz; Matthews, William (illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons / Temple Press
- Place of Publication
- London / Letchworth
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- folklore, mythology, fairy tales, children's literature, europe, spain, collectible, collectable
- Bookseller catalogs
- FOLKLORE & MYTHOLOGY;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.