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THE DREAM DAYS
de Grahame, Kenneth; Shepard, Ernest H
- Usado
- Firmado
- Estado
- Fine.
- Librería
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1930. Limited edition. Fine.. Signed limited large paper edition of this collection of short stories by the author of THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, one of only 275 copies signed by Grahame and Shepard. THE DREAM DAYS contains Grahame's most famous work outside THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS: the short story "The Reluctant Dragon," an alternate version of the classic St. George and the dragon story which paved the way for 20th-century English fantasies depicting dragons as friendly, rather than hostile. It was later adapted into a Disney film in 1941. A beautiful copy. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original quarter vellum, marbled paper boards. Top edge gilt, fore-edge deckle. Illustrated in black and white. xii, 168 pages. Signed by Grahame and Shepard to limitation page, numbered 201. Contemporary bookseller ticket of W. & G. Foyle Ltd. at 119-125 Charing Cross Road on rear pastedown. In original slipcase with printed paper spine label with inked number matching the number on the limitation page. Box with light edgewear. Sharp.
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- Librería
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 23622
- Título
- THE DREAM DAYS
- Autor
- Grahame, Kenneth; Shepard, Ernest H
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Limited edition
- Editorial
- John Lane The Bodley Head Limited
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1930
- Palabras clave
- Limited Edition,20th century,English & British,Fantasy
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
