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WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since November 14, 2005
Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. First edition. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with pictoral of mother and child to front, and gilt lettering to spine. Light rubbing edges. A slight tan to the page edges, and a stamp on the front pastedown. Charming frontispiece. Otherwise, a lovely copy with clear contents. Seller Inventory # mon0021765152
Title: WHIMSICAL STORIES TO TELL.
Publisher: George G
Condition: Good
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1927. First Edition. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, front board slightly loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Seller Inventory # 1695809615CRX
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Buybyebooks, Honiton, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. J.Kingsford (illustrator). First. HB 1st Ed. Olive green cloth boards. Black silhouette front mother and children. Black line frames on spine + gilt titles in gilt line frame. 19 x 13cm. 255 pages. b/w lovely frontis - only illust. 33 stories. Starts: Anna Mary. Includes: The Land of Funny Colours. Will O' The Wisp. A Silk Purse and a Sow's Ear. The Boy Who Put Out His Tongue. Fairy Butter. Ends: Master Roly-Poly. Condition: Boards good colour. Front bottom right corner top edge cover missing. See pic. Slight rub on spine + corners. Opening and closing pages, foxed, general age discolouration. Frontis + text remains clear. End paste down pencil annotation of what was obviously previous owner's favourite stories. Main internal text clean, little wear, tight binding, overall good colour. Good + condition. Seller Inventory # 003751
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, United Kingdom
Hardback. Printed pages: 256. Condition: Very Good Minus. 1st Edition. First printing. Lacking jacket. Green cloth binding with a very slight crease to spine. Browning to page edges, top page edge dusty. Patches of dark foxing to first and last few pages, occasional spotting elsewhere. Black and white frontis by J. Kingsford. A particularly scarce fairy tale collection. Includes the Blue Baby, Fingers and Thumbs, The Mermaids Comb, The Flying Rug, The Elf who Sought Adventures, Fairy Butter, Will O'the Wisp and many more. . Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Seller Inventory # 1209E054
Quantity: 1 available