The Fairy Caravan

Extended Description and Notes

Beatrix Potter: The Fairy Caravan. David McKay 1929 True First Edition, First American Edition. ILLUSTRATED BY BEATRIX POTTER. Library Bound. Exlib. Good+ condition/ no dj included. Boards are in great condition. Pictorial Front Board illustration of horse caravan and all titling are VG. Gilt letter j appearing on spine is bright. Tight binding, pages bright. Some light foxing noted. Six colour plates, twenty full-page illustrations, and 42 textual drawings. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, All colour plates remain firmly affixed to binding.

Seller

Mary Riversong Books (US)

Seller's Inventory #

562PotterCaravan2.

Title

The Fairy Caravan

Author

Potter, Beatrix

Illustrator

Potter, Beatrix

Format/binding

Hardcover

Book condition

Used - Good+

Jacket condition

No DJ Included

Quantity-available

1

Edition

First American Edition

Binding

Hardcover

Publisher

David McKay Company

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, PA

Date Published

1929

Pages

225

Size

6 X 8 1/2

Keywords

exlib, Beatrix Potter, Fairy Tales, Harper & Brothers First American Edition, Harper & Brothers, Anglophilia, 20th Century Literature, Illustrated Children's Books

Bookseller catalogs

For Sale; Children's Books; Books Into Film; Literature; Anglophilia; Art; Transportation; Young Adult; Animals; Fantasy; Nature; Social Sciences; Fairy Tales; Travel; Anthropology; women's Studies; Humor; Fiction; Folk Lore;

Size

6 X 8 1/2

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good+

A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.

Cloth

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octavo

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VG

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spine

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tight

Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.

gilt

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First Edition

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