THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES FOR MY CHILDREN by KINGSLEY, CHARLES - 1929

Smithmark Pub, 1980-06. Hardcover. Good.

The Medici Society, 1928. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1928. Reprinted. 166 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Illustrated by W. Russell Flint. Contains colour illustrated plates. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Light creasing to guard tissue pages to plates. Minor dog-eared corners. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with mild splits and fraying to cloth. Notable sunning to spine and edges. Book is forward leaning.

A. & C. Black Publishers Ltd, 1940. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1940. Reissued. 219 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with prize plate to front pastedown. Contains a colour illustrated frontis and plates throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Notable foxing and tanning to text block edges and both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Binding is also loose. Boards have heavy rubbing and bleach spotting to front. Visible bumping to corners and fair crushing to spine ends with major foxing and sunning to spine.

Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1879. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1879. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil inscriptions and sticker to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends with splits to spine edges. Water mark to spine. Wear marks overall.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014-07-07. Paperback. Used:Good.

Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1900. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1900. No Edition Remarks. 253 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Moderate cracking to gutters with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription and sticker to half-title page and rear of frontispiece. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

Philip Lee Warner, 1914. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1914. This Edition. 166 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains colour plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Water staining to pages throughout. Scuffing to front free endpaper. Notable creasing to gutter. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Front and rear boards are loose but still attached. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Bleaching to boards. Water staining to boards. Noticeable splits to spine ends and edges. Textblock is shaky.

Hale, Cushman & Flint &The Medici Society, 1929. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1929. Reprinted. 166 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with a colour illustrated frontis and colour illustrated plates throughout. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and major tanning and foxing to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Binding is loose. Boards have minor rubbing and moderate bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and visible rubbing to spine. The book is forward leaning. Visible bleach spotting to rear board.

Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1936. Reprinted. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and illustrations. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2004-06-17. Paperback. Good.