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Hans Andresen's Fairy Tales
Hans Andersen
c1923
Boots the Chemists, Hodder and Stoughton : London
10" by 8"
319pp.
SUMMARY
Boots edition of a collection of the well known fairy tales by Hans Andersen, with illustrations by W. Heath Robinson.
Colour Plates,Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 1.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 23.99
EU Postage: £ 18.99
European Postage: £ 19.99
Asia Postage: £ 31.99
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DESCRIPTION
Famous fairy tales by Hans Andersen collected in this large paper volume, published by Boots the Chemist, first thus. Dated from Jisc. Containing beloved stories such as 'The Little Mermaid,' 'The Emperor's New Clothes,' and 'The Ugly Duckling' as well as lesser-known tales such as 'Elfin-Mount' and 'The Naughty Boy.'
Featuring sixteen full page plates in colour as well as numerous black and white illustrations. Collated, complete.
CONDITION
In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally generally smart with shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine, damp marks to rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to fore edge, affecting first and last few leaves particularly, otherwise pages generally bright and clean throughout.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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