Hans Andersen's Story Book. With a Memoir by Mary Howitt
by Andersen, Hans Christian; Howitt, Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket; Boards heavily worn, soiled, and sunned, spine reglued, penciled 1862 gift inscription on front free
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: James Miller, Publisher. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards heavily worn, soiled, and sunned, spine . reglued, penciled 1862 gift inscription on front free endpaper.. [1862]. Hardcover. Purple blindstamped cloth with gilt decoration on front boards and spine. 5 full-page engravings and many other smaller illustrations throughout text. Curiously paginated: [3], vi, 9-154, 7-187, + [6]pp of illustrated publisher's ads dated 1865. Part One of the book contains short biography of Andersen, A Picture-Book Without Pictures, My Boots, Stories of the Danube, The Swineherd, and The Real Princess; Part Two contains The Shoes of Fortune, The Fir-Tree, The Snow-Queen, and The Leap-Frog. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39600
- Title
- Hans Andersen's Story Book. With a Memoir by Mary Howitt
- Author
- Andersen, Hans Christian; Howitt, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket; Boards heavily worn, soiled, and sunned, spine reglued, penciled 1862 gift inscription on front free
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- James Miller, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- [1862]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 19th Century Children's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
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Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Gilt
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- Sunned
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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