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FAIRY TALES
by Andersen, Hans Christian; Rackham, Arthur
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- first
- Condition
- Overall near fine.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: George G. Harrap [David McKay], 1932. Overall near fine.. First Rackham-illustrated edition, US issue, an exceptional survival in the rare original dust jacket and pictorial publisher's box. Rackham selected and illustrated these tales from Andersen after a recent visit to Copenhagen, which "helped me to realize again the sensation I felt as a child when I first read Andersen" (Rackham's preface). Among the stories included are "The Ugly Duckling," "The Snow Queen," "The Princess and the Pea," "The Little Mermaid," and "The Emperor's New Clothes." Quite rare and lovely to find with all the original parts intact, produced for the 1930s gift market. 9.5'' x 7.5''. Original maroon cloth stamped in gilt on front board and spine, including "David McKay" at foot of spine. In original dust jacket with pictorial paste-on color plate, lettered in red, with "McKay at foot of spine and "Printed in Great Britain" at bottom of front flap. In original red publisher's box with same illustration but framed with alternate design on lid. Peach pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt. Illustrated by Rackham with 12 full-page color plates and black-and-white illustrations throughout, many full page. 288 pages. Box with careful repairs and two closed tears to joints. Cloth a trifle dusty, with gilt on spine dulled. Jacket with some wrinkling and a few spots of shallow wear, overall beautifully intact.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5354
- Title
- FAIRY TALES
- Author
- Andersen, Hans Christian; Rackham, Arthur
- Book Condition
- Used - Overall near fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap [David McKay]
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- 20th century,Fairy Tales,European,English & British,Golden Age
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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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