Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
by Andersen, Hans Retold By E Jean Roberton
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: Blackie, 1961. Light red cloth with black and gilt spine panels, only light wear and marking, 8 full page colour illustrations, endpaper designs and jacket by Shirley Hughes, a little dust to edges, but otherwise an excellent copy, sprawling dedication in ink to half-title, d/w with full colour wraparound artwork is near fine, with only very slight rubbing; unusually, the book comes with the scarce blue card SLIPCASE with clear glassine front panel, that has some rubbing and creasing.. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Shirley Hughes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nigel Sustins Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003133
- Title
- Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
- Author
- Andersen, Hans Retold By E Jean Roberton
- Illustrator
- Shirley Hughes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Blackie
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Andersen Fairy Tales Hughes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Children's;
Terms of Sale
Nigel Sustins Books
Any book may be returned for a refund if we are notified within 14 days of receipt. All books well-packaged in custom-made boxes and bubble-wrapped.
About the Seller
Nigel Sustins Books
Biblio member since 2006
SHREWSBURY, Shropshire
About Nigel Sustins Books
We sell rare and second-hand books on a variety of subjects including: modern firsts, crime fiction, children's, art, topography, travel, illustrated.
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- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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