The Enchanted Land, Tales Told Again
by Louey Chisholm
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
$251.82$226.64
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About This Item
London: T.C. and E.C. Jack, 1906. Cloth. Good. 8" by 6". Katherine Cameron. A colourfully illustrated collection of beloved fairy tales by Louis Chisholm, a striking copy with plates by Katherine Cameron. An early twentieth-century collection of children's fairy tales, Including 'The Snow Queen', 'The Hunchback', 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses', and more. Written by Louey Chisholm.Illustrated with sixteen charming plates, collated and complete. Illustrations by noted artist Katherine Cameron, a well-known nineteenth and twentieth century Scottish watercolourist. She was associated with the group of artists called the Glasgow Girls. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with an illustration adhered to the front. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with an illustration adhered to the front. Externally, smart, with some light shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Light rubbing to the joints. Previous bookseller's small sticker to the front pastedown. A small sticker adhered to the verso of the front free-endpaper. Internally, hinges are tender. Plate opposite page 1 is detached but present. Front free-endpaper is lifting at the head. Remaining binding is tender in places. Light spotting to the pages, more prominent to the first and last few pages. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 823J49
- Title
- The Enchanted Land, Tales Told Again
- Author
- Louey Chisholm
- Illustrator
- Katherine Cameron
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T.C. and E.C. Jack
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- 8" by 6"
- Keywords
- enchanted tales fairy tales children's chisholm fairy tales illustrated
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.