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In Powder and Crinoline Old Fairy Tales Retold
by QUILLER-COUCH Sir Arthur 1863-1944
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Banbury: Hodder & Stoughton. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. NIELSON Kay. Signed by Nielsen, in the publishers DeLuxe, gilt pictorial, green stained vellum, spine gilt. [1913]. Internally, [1] signed & numbered limitation leaf, [1], half title, frontis, illustrated title, (v-xii), [1], 14-163 pp, [1], 26 tipped in colour plates by Neilsen, all mounted within decorative borders, each with a captioned tissue guard, 9 headers & 7 footers accompanying the 7 tales, printed endpapers, small neat ink inscription to ffep, t.e.g., remainder uncut, lacks the 2 ties, boards a little rubbed at edges, minor scratch to lower board. An edition limited to 500 copies. A nice example! (covers VG+, text & plates Near Fine). (310*257 mm). Tales are: Minon-Minette; Felicia, or, The pot of pinks; The twelve dancing princesses; Rosanie, or, The inconstant prince; The man who never laughed; John and the ghosts; The czarina's violet.
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008074
- Title
- In Powder and Crinoline Old Fairy Tales Retold
- Author
- QUILLER-COUCH Sir Arthur 1863-1944
- Illustrator
- NIELSON Kay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- Banbury
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 5.51 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction fairy tales juvenile
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