Contes Des Fees (Illustrated)
by Perrault; Mme D'Aulnoy; Hamilton, and Mme Leprince De Beaumont
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Carmarthen, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris: Garnier Freres, Libraires Editeurs. Good with no dust jacket. c. 1870s. New Edition. Hardcover. No Date c. 1870s. 545 pp. French text. Boards worn. ? Leather spine cloth boards? Corners and head/tail of spine very bumped/chaffed/scraped with loss. Four raised bands, gilt title, with gilt stamped compartments although the Gilt decoration and titling on spine is discoloured. Shiny white patterned e/p's. Front Hinge splitting and re-glued. All extrmities rubbed/fraying/chaffed and/or scraped. Previous owners inscription on e/p, dated 1873. Otherwise no date found. Ten full page black and white steel engraved tissue guarded plates and lots of wood engraved vignettes in the text. A little very light Foxing. Frontispiece - Le Petit Poucet, with tissue guard. Vignette on title page. All edges gilt. Internally Very clean tight and bright..; 8vo (tall) / Small 4to .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000979
- Title
- Contes Des Fees (Illustrated)
- Author
- Perrault; Mme D'Aulnoy; Hamilton, and Mme Leprince De Beaumont
- Illustrator
- Mme G. Staal, Bertall et al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Garnier Freres, Libraires Editeurs
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- c. 1870s
- Keywords
- French Interest, Social History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Foreign Literature/Lang;
Terms of Sale
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Retired Member of the P.B.F.A, and the WBA. In business for 42+ years to date, mainly working from home nowadays, and formerly exhibiting at Major London Book Fairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! View by Appointment ONLY Please, as I may be unavailable on the day you call. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately no wheelchair access. Currently only working part-time.
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