EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON., OLD TALES FROM THE NORTH.
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine./No Jacket
- Librería
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Great Britain: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. Elegant binding by Bayntun of Bath. This binding was commissioned by our book shop. All edges gilt. Panelled spine with gilt lettering and designs. Gilt medallion centered on both covers with single gilt filet bordering. Marbled endpapers in blue, white, and gilt. Twenty-five tipped-in color plates by KAY NIELSEN with captioned tissue-guards. Many additional illustrations in black and white within the text. Original blue cloth front cover has been preserved and bound-in. Engraved and printed by Henry Stone and Sons, Banbury. Absolutely crisp and clean throughout. A masterpiece of book art, thought by many to be Nielsen's finest work. 206pp. Kay Nielsen(1886-1957) was born in Denmark, studied in Paris. He joined Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac as the stars of the Golden Age of Illustration, the early 20th century. He worked for the Walt Disney Company in the 1930's, illustrating parts of "Fantasia". His portfolio of work included only five books; the others being "In Powder and Crinoline", "Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales", "Hansel and Gretel", and "Red Magic". . First Trade Edition.. Full Dark Blue Morocco. Fine./No Jacket. Illus. by Kay Nielsen. Quarto.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 011805
- Título
- EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON., OLD TALES FROM THE NORTH.
- Ilustrador
- Kay Nielsen
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine.
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Edición
- First Trade Edition.
- Editorial
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Lugar de publicación
- Great Britain
- Fecha de publicación
- 1914
- Tamaño
- Quarto
- Palabras clave
- Children's Illustrated, Fine Binding
Términos de venta
Glenn Books
All books are subject to prior sale. Books are guaranteed as described and may be returned to us within 10 days with immediate notice of intent to return the item.
Sobre el vendedor
Glenn Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
Sobre Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
