Silver Magic - A Collection Of The World's Best Fairy Tales From All Countries [First Edition in Dust Jacket]

Romer Wilson (ed.)

Published by Jonathan Cape, 1929

About this Item

1929. First Edition. 432 pages. Silver jacket, with repeating design by Theyre Lee-Elliott and blue lettering, over grey cloth with blue lettering and publisher's colophon to spine. Top text block edge dyed black. With 8 colour plates (inc. frontis) and line illustrations by Violet Brunton. All plates present. Pages and plates have slight foxing, tanning; minimal thumbing. Slight gutter cracking. Binding firm. Prize plate FEP. Slight droplets to margins of frontis. Liquid stain to last 2 text pages (legible). Some liquid marks to edges (intruding a tad into page margins) and rear endpaper. Edges slightly foxed; faint red smudges, mild nicks. Boards have minor edge wear, with slight bumping to corners, spine ends. Notably dust-stained. Slightly bowed; mildly tanned spine. Slight edge stains. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with small tears, mild chips, and creasing; mildly shelf-worn. Narrow strip of loss to upper edge of rear panel, which is also liquid stained. Spine is sunned.

Seller Inventory # 1776854894MHA

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Silver Magic - A Collection Of The World's Best Fairy Tales From All Countries [First Edition in Dust Jacket]
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Publication Date: 1929
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Myths, Legends & Supernatural