The Fairy Caravan

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.

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; Fantasy; Fairy Tales; Folk Lore; 20th Century Literature; Children's Illustrated Books;

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Spine

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Octavo

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Tight

Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.

Gilt

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VG

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Good+

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First Edition

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Cloth

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