The Fairy Caravan
by Potter, Beatrix
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No DJ Included
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Beatrix Potter: The Fairy Caravan. David McKay 1929 True First Edition, First American Edition. ILLUSTRATED BY BEATRIX POTTER. Library Bound. Exlib. Good+ condition/ no dj included. Boards are in nice condition. Pictorial Front Board illustration of horse caravan and all titling are VG. Gilt letter j appearing on spine is bright. Tight binding, pages bright. Some light foxing noted. Six colour plates, twenty full-page illustrations, and 42 textual drawings. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, All colour plates remain firmly affixed to binding.
Extended Description and Notes
Beatrix Potter: The Fairy Caravan. David McKay 1929 True First Edition, First American Edition. ILLUSTRATED BY BEATRIX POTTER. Library Bound. Exlib. Good+ condition/ no dj included. Boards are in great condition. Pictorial Front Board illustration of horse caravan and all titling are VG. Gilt letter j appearing on spine is bright. Tight binding, pages bright. Some light foxing noted. Six colour plates, twenty full-page illustrations, and 42 textual drawings. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, All colour plates remain firmly affixed to binding.
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Details
- Seller
- Mary Riversong Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 562PotterCaravan2.
- Title
- The Fairy Caravan
- Author
- Potter, Beatrix
- Illustrator
- Potter, Beatrix
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- David McKay Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1929
- Pages
- 225
- Size
- 6 18 X 8 3/8
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- exlib, Beatrix Potter, Fairy Tales, Harper & Brothers First American Edition, Harper & Brothers, Anglophilia, 20th Century Literature, Illustrated Children's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books; Books Into Film; Anglophilia; Art; Transportation; Animals; Fantasy; Nature; Social Sciences; Fairy Tales; Anthropology; women's Studies; Folk Lore; 20th Century Literature; Children's Illustrated Books;
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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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
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