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Dream Days
by Grahame, Kenneth; Parrish, Maxfield (Illustrator)
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
London, England: John Lane/Bodley Head, 1898. First Edition, Second Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine. Parrish, Maxfield. Stunningly clean & bright copy of this lovely edition of fantasy tales, decorated with the lovely illustrations of Maxfield Parrish on front cover, endpapers, Frontispiece, facing Title page, & 8 internal photogravure plates, all with intact tissued guards captioned in red. Orig. published in 1898 as a companion volume to "The Golden Age,'' there is no date in the book, but inscription on ffep is dated 1915 so likely a FIRST EDITION, but with the Second State binding (white title block atop the colorful embossed illustration on front). In 228 pages, which have roughly trimmed edges. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, mildly bumped corners & both ends of spine. Gilt titling to spine & on front cover looks brand new! Pages are creamy white with modest tanning to edges & the rare foxed spot. Binding strong & straight, hinges intact. Besides the inscription, pages are completely unmarked. A beauty! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SPECIAL: order together with "Dream Days" & take $50 off total order!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019378
- Title
- Dream Days
- Author
- Grahame, Kenneth; Parrish, Maxfield (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Parrish, Maxfield
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- Publisher
- John Lane/Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- fairy tales illustrated illustrators Maxfield Parrish artists
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Fairy Tales-Folklore-Fables-Mythology;
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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