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THE HOUSE FAIRIES.
by TARRANT, Margaret. Verses by Mrs St. John Webb.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, Modern Art Society, (1930).. SECOND IMPRESSION IN DUSTWRAPPER circa 1930 (first published 1925), 155 x 103 mm, 6¼ x 4½ inches, pale blue boards with green vignette, illustrated front endpaper, 40 pages. 6 very pretty mounted colour plates, all featuring fairies, title vignette and 21 illustrations in blue in the text. Book is slightly faded on spine otherwise Fine in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER (dw: slightest wear to head and tail of spine and corners, 5 mm (¼") closed tear to head of spine, minute chips at tail, very bright and clean). The price 2/- was originally printed in blue on the spine and lower panel of the dustwrapper, it was then over printed 1s. 6d. in pink for the second impression (see our enlarged image). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47215
- Title
- THE HOUSE FAIRIES.
- Author
- TARRANT, Margaret. Verses by Mrs St. John Webb.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Modern Art Society, (1930).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fairies Margaret Tarrant children's book illustrated colour plates
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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....
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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