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STORIES FROM HANS ANDERSEN
by Andersen, Hans Christian. Edmund Dulac
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
George H. Doran Company. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. 1920. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. ; Green cloth cover with gilt embossed title has light wear to corners and spine caps, bumped bottom corner, and very faint modest soiling but bright and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Antiquated gift inscription on front paste down. Pages have thumbing mostly in the bottom margin but in very good condition. Complete with 16 tipped-in color plates including frontispiece all of which are clean and in excellent condition. Dust jacket is heavily toned and soiled with tears and a small chip to spine panel. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ) ; 0 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15194
- Title
- STORIES FROM HANS ANDERSEN
- Author
- Andersen, Hans Christian. Edmund Dulac
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- George H. Doran Company
- Date Published
- 1920
Terms of Sale
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2020
Livonia, Michigan
About Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
Sage Rare & Collectible Books specializes in out-of-print, scarce, and rare books as well as signed and First Editions.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
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