In Powder and Crinoline. Old Fairy Tales. Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
Published by London, Hodder & Stoughton, ca 1913 1st
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Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United KingdomPROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP
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Condition: Used
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Hardback, Tall 8vo. 11.5 x 9 inches. Light brown/cream cloth binding to spine with light blue illustrated paper covered boards with green lettered title labels to front and spine. Top page edges gilt. Decorative endpapers. In very good condition. Later cloth to spine. Some darkening and wear to paper on cover, edges and corners bumped and rubbed, repair to paper on front corner. Some foxing and handling marks to endpapers. Some handling marks and tanning to inside pages, pages clean and bright, all tissue guarded. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 164pp. Illustrated with 24 colour plates tipped-on decorative bordered mounts, each with titled tissue guard. Later republished as ?The Twelve Dancing Princesses And other Fairy Tales..
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- In Powder and Crinoline. Old Fairy Tales. Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
- Author
- (NIELSON, KAY) QUILLER-COUCH, SIR ARTHUR:
- Publisher
- London, Hodder & Stoughton, ca 1913 1st
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