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The Ice Maiden
by Hans Christian Andersen
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Ward, Lock & Co., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 95 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated brown cloth with colour illustrated plates throughout. Prize plate to front pastedown. Heavy foxing and tanning to pages with slight dog-eared pages throughout. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting and front hinge is cracked with exposed netting. A plate is detached but present and some pages are coming away from the binding. Boards have visible rubbing with area of loss to illustration at front. Moderate bumping to corners and fair crushing to spine ends as well.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1623439475GEO
- Title
- The Ice Maiden
- Author
- Hans Christian Andersen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co.
Terms of Sale
World of Rare 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
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
Wob sells rare and collectable books on behalf of charities. Our team of booksellers are happy to deal with any enquiries and aim to provide same-day dispatch for all orders.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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