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Eighty Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library)
by Andersen, Hans Christian; Keigwin, R. P. (Translator);
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 039452523X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394525235
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon, 1982. First English Language Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Pedersen, Vilhelm; Frolich, Lorenz. Collection of 80 tales from Andersen, including famous as well as lesser-known ones, translated from the original Danish by R. P. Keigwin, with lovely pen-and-ink illustrations throughout the 483 pages by Vilhelm Pedersen & Lorenz Frolich. Orig. published in this format in Denmark in 1976, this is the First English-language version with the new Introduction by Elias Bredsdorff from 1982. Hardcover book has a creamy beige linen-wrapped spine with gray paper over half of both boards & gilt lettering. Condition is VG: very clean internally, though bottom outside page edges show light staining & there is faint foxing to fore edge. Binding is strong & straight, pages white. The unclipped DJ is only Fair, downgraded due to heavy edgewear & bookworm damage (holes, rubbed areas). Presentable in new mylar cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016864
- Title
- Eighty Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library)
- Author
- Andersen, Hans Christian; Keigwin, R. P. (Translator);
- Illustrator
- Pedersen, Vilhelm; Frolich, Lorenz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Language Edition
- ISBN 10
- 039452523X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394525235
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- FAIRY TALES LEGEND MYTH MYTHOLOGY MAKE BELIEVE FAIRIES ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATOR DENMARK DANISH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Fairy Tales-Folklore-Fables-Mythology;
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