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Mary Belinda And The Ten Aunts (Illustrated by Suzanne Einzig)
by Pulling, Norah
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The First UK printing published by Transatlantic Arts in 1946.The BOOK is in near FINE condition.Small slim 8vo, 30 pages including endpapers which form part of the text.Original blue cloth lettered in red.Slight push to the lower spine end.Free from erasures,markings and inscriptions.The WRAPPER is complete and is in near FINE condition.A little rubbing at the lower spine end with a small nick to the upper front spine fold. Light soiling to the rear cover.The wraparound wrapper artwork looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover.Stunning lithograph illustrations by Suzanne Einzig throughout in the text with full-page and double-page plates in color and black and white. Einzig came to note as a book illustrator having illustrated the Carnegie Prize winning title "Tom's Midnight Garden'.A colleague of John Minton, she is regarded as one of the 20th Century's great book illustrators.A charming story in verse about a young girl in the care of her ten maiden aunts, who is returned to the loving care of her father by a kindly old boatman.A very scarce Einzig title and collectible with such attributes. Ashtonrarebooks welcomes direct contact.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio160
- Title
- Mary Belinda And The Ten Aunts (Illustrated by Suzanne Einzig)
- Author
- Pulling, Norah
- Illustrator
- Einzig, Suzanne
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Transatlantic Arts
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Belinda, Pulling, Einzig, Transatlantic, aunts,
Terms of Sale
Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
Biblio member since 2015
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
About Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
We trade as a family-run internet business in Market Harborough in the heart of the Midlands. We have over 10 years experience of collecting and selling a range of genres, specialising in iconic modern fiction and children's titles. Please feel free to browse our website: www.ashtonrarebooks.com. All items are fully described and if any reasonable discrepancy is noted on arrival to the customer, a full refund including payment for return to us will be made. Items over £250 may be paid for in instalments subject to agreement- however, all books remain the property of Ashton Rare Books until the full balance has been paid. Please contact us at : les@ashtonrarebooks.com if you are looking for a particular title or require further assistance.We are full members of the PBFA, ABA and ILAB.
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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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Erasures
- Erasures indicates marks where someone has removed bits of text or content from a book. In Book Arts, erasures can also mean a...
- 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...
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