It's Perfectly True and Other Stories
by Andersen, Hans Christian
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1938. First printing. Translated from the Danish by Paul Leyssac. With a Foreword by Hugh Walpole. Inscribed by the translator to previous owner on the second free endpaper. 305 pp. including illustrations. A fine, otherwise unmarked copy in a square, tight binding, with a bit of spotting to the fore edge. The dust jacket is darkened, and stained in spots. Although the top corner of the front flap is clipped, the price, $2.50, is still present. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector.. Signed by Translator. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Richard Bennett. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013810
- Title
- It's Perfectly True and Other Stories
- Author
- Andersen, Hans Christian
- Illustrator
- Richard Bennett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Children's Fiction Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Banjo Booksellers
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About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Andover, Massachusetts
About Banjo Booksellers
On-line and mail-order only. We have a wide variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on modern first editions and collectible childrens books.
Glossary
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.