The Young King and Other Fairy Tales (signed by John Updike)
by OSCAR WILDE, SANDRO NARDINI (ILLUSTRATOR)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 2811000267
- ISBN 13
- 9782811000264
- Seller
-
Potomac, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
First Edition thus, with Introduction by John Updike, and signed by Updike on the title page. Illustrated by Sandro Nardini and Enrico Bagnoli. Folio. Cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket with a little rubbing along the top extremities. Also issued in glossy boards without jacket, this issue is much less common. A very nice copy of this volume of Wilde's fairy tales, prepared for children.
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- Bookseller
- Grinning Cat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31679
- Title
- The Young King and Other Fairy Tales (signed by John Updike)
- Author
- OSCAR WILDE, SANDRO NARDINI (ILLUSTRATOR)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 2811000267
- ISBN 13
- 9782811000264
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, SIGNED
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
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Fourteen (14) day return guarantee, for any reason, and we pay return shipping costs if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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Grinning Cat Books
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Potomac, Maryland
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...