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Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
by Hans Andersen
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Nottingham: Hodder & Stoughton for Boots Pure Drug Co. Ltd, Nottingham A good copy of Andersen's Fairy tales with 16 tipped in colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations by W Heath Robinson. This edition was produced by Hodder and Stoughton in an arrangement with Boots Pure Drug Co in the 1930's. The maroon cloth binding is in very good condition with bright gilt titles to spine and front board, and a bright gilt illustration on children and a snail on the front board.There is very slight fading to 2 sections of board and slight pulling to the spine. Internally it is lacking the front free endpaper and there is some brown spotting to the illustrated half title page. Otherwise the contents are in very good condition - the colour plates being bright and clean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E C Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031133
- Title
- Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
- Author
- Hans Andersen
- Illustrator
- W HEATH ROBINSON
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton for Boots Pure Drug Co. Ltd, Nottingham
- Place of Publication
- Nottingham
- Keywords
- Heath Robinson, tipped in colour plates, children's books with colour plates
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Children's;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
E C Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Gilt
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- Tipped In
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- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
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