The Ice Maiden
by Andersen, Hans Christian (Ill Susan B Pearse)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London : Ward Lock , nd ca1910 . First Edition . Fine/Very Good . 12MO . Early and uncredited colour plates by Susan Beatrice Pearse. Bound in elaboratedly gilt-decorated cover with pictoral paste-on, decorated gilt endpapers. In the Stories for the Children series. The Publisher's File Copy with corresponding label on book and jacket. The book is in lovely bright unworn condition. The jacket shows some soiling and has losses at the extremities. Not in Horne,Felmingham or Baumgarten. Scarce. Overseas postage will be reduced.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Neil Williams, Bookseller (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31733
- Title
- The Ice Maiden
- Author
- Andersen, Hans Christian (Ill Susan B Pearse)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine/Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ward Lock
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- nd ca1910
- Pages
- 95 pp
- Keywords
- Children's and Illustrated
- Size
- 12MO
Terms of Sale
Neil Williams, Bookseller
Safe delivery guaranteed. All books returnable for any or no reason within 30 days of receipt. If misdescribed we will pay return postage.
About the Seller
Neil Williams, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2003
Victoria, British Columbia
About Neil Williams, Bookseller
We have been buying and selling on the Internet since 1992, full- time since 1998. We started as collectors of children's and illustrated books and this is still our largest specialty. We pride ourselves on the quality of our stock and our commitment to the contentment of our customers.
Glossary
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- ND
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...