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The Guide To Fairyland Written and Illustrated by Dion Clayton Calthrop.
by CALTHROP, DION CLAYTON:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Alston Rivers, Ltd. 1906 1st.. Tall hardback, 10 x 7.5 inches. Red cloth with colour printed pictorial design to front & gilt lettering to front and spine. In very good condition. Some minor fading to spine and some rubbing to ends. Minor bumps to bottom corners and top end of spine. Some minor tanning to free sides of endpapers. No penned inscriptions. A couple of minor handling marks to pages, one minor soiled mark to edge of illustrations list. Else pages clean and tight. Plates all clean and bright. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 210pp. Illustrated with 8 full-page colour plates and many other B&W illustrations throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94327
- Title
- The Guide To Fairyland Written and Illustrated by Dion Clayton Calthrop.
- Author
- CALTHROP, DION CLAYTON:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Alston Rivers, Ltd. 1906 1st.
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books Fairyland, Calthrop, Fairies, Princess, Dwarves, Witches, Dragons, Giants, illustrated, colour plates
Terms of Sale
The Antique Map & Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
Biblio member since 2016
Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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