The Danish Story Book
by ANDERSEN, Hans Christian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Leavitt & Allen Bros, New York., [c 1869?]. First edition thus: issued in the series German Popular Tales (disregarding the fact that Andersen was Danish and, indeed, its own title). Small octavo. 165 pages. Illustrated. Thirty-three stories. Green cloth decorated in gilt, black and blind.Small signature and traces of the removal of a small label on front free endpaper. Some rubbing to corners. Covers slightly marked. Very good. Very scarce: no copies found in Worldcat.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ANDERSEN014651
- Title
- The Danish Story Book
- Author
- ANDERSEN, Hans Christian
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Leavitt & Allen Bros, New York.
- Date Published
- [c 1869?]
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About the Seller
Peter Ellis bookseller
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LONDON
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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