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OLD-FASHIONED FAIRY TALES.
by EWING, Juliana Horatia. Illustrated by Gertrude Mittelmann and Graham Robertson.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, George Bell and Sons, 1953.. NEW EDITION 1953, THE FIRST WITH THESE ILLUSTRATIONS, (first published in 1882 with different illustrations), 8vo, pink cloth illustrated and lettered dark blue to upper cover and spine, 120 pages. 18 original fairy stories first published in Aunt Judy's Magazine between 1869 and 1876. 5 beautiful black and white plates by Gertrude Mittelmann plus an extra one on the upper cover of the dustwrapper, text illustrations by Graham Robertson. Small biro inscription on front endpaper, otherwise a Fine copy in VG+ DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, spine very lightly browned, a couple of tiny chips at tail of spine). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43081
- Title
- OLD-FASHIONED FAIRY TALES.
- Author
- EWING, Juliana Horatia. Illustrated by Gertrude Mittelmann and Graham Robertson.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, George Bell and Sons, 1953.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- gERTRUDE mITTELMANN W gRAHAM rOBERTSON FAIRY TALES CHILDREN'S STORIES
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Fine
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- New
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- A.N.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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