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Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales
by Grace James
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1910 A near fine copy of the 'edition de luxe' of which only 500 copies were issued. The original vellum binding has been replaced with a half calf binding with cream spine with title label and matching cream cloth. It is in fine condition. Contents with tipped in colour frontispiece, rubricated title and 39 further tipped in colour plates by Warwick Goble. New matching tissue guards. The contents are complete and very clean. Top page edges are gilted; the remainder untrimmed. There is some light spotting at the untrimmed foredge; a light crease to the plate facing p 37 and a creased tissue guard to the plate at p 276. There is occasional spotting to tissue guards. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images to further assess condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E C Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033048
- Title
- Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales
- Author
- Grace James
- Illustrator
- Warwick Goble
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Special Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co. Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 4to - over 9� - 12" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- warwick goble; japanese fairy tales; early twentieth century illustrated
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Children's;
Terms of Sale
E C Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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- New
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- Edges
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- Plate
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