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The Wild Swans
by Andersen, Hans Christian
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
-
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Dial Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Susan Jeffers. SIGNED 40pp. Quarto [31cm] Navy cloth over boards with title stamped in gilt on backstrip. Top edge of boards are faded. Dust jacket has some chipping and tearing. Retold by Amy Ehrlich. Signed by the artist on the title page.
Synopsis
GORDON LAITE (1925-1978) was a prolific illustrator of children's literature from the 1950s through the 1970s. His lush, dramatic settings brought to life fairy tales, ghost stories, legends, and Bible stories that have been enjoyed by generations of children.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65779
- Title
- The Wild Swans
- Author
- Andersen, Hans Christian
- Illustrator
- Susan Jeffers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- SIGNED; retelling; children's; whimsical
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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- 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...
- Title Page
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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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- First Edition
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