A Fairy Garland Being Fairy Tales from the Old French by Charles Perrault and Others
- Bookseller: Books Bought and Sold
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- Seller Inventory #: 002852
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good Plus
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Illustrator: Edmund Dulac
- Edition: First Signed Limited Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Cassell and Company Ltd
- Place: London
- Date published: 1928
Description
London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1928 Book of fairy tales by Charles Perrault, Mme. d'Aulnoy and Count Anthony Hamilton with 12 beautiful full colour illustrations by Edmund Dulac limited to 1000 copies SIGNED BY EDMUND DULAC number 944. 251 pages with some light foxing throughout,top edge gilt,neat previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. Blue cloth covered boards a little marked and rubbed on edges, cream coloured vellum spine is marked. Still an attractive copy of a collectable book SEE IMAGE. HEAVY BOOK 1.8 kg extra postage required overseas.DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. Signed by Artist. First Signed Limited Edition. Cloth Boards Vellum Spine. Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Edmund Dulac. 29.5 X 23 Cms. Hardcover.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
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. Also known as the back.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
vellum : A fine quality of parchment made from hide produced for binding or sometimes a writing surface. Sometimes used to describe paper which has been made to resemble true vellum.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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