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The Fables
by DE LA FONTAINE, Jean
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0904041263
- ISBN 13
- 9780904041262
- Seller
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Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Jupiter Books, 1975. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering in pictorial dustwrapper; 224pp; b/w ills by various illustrators including Dore; translated into English by Elizur Wright; various newspaper clippings and reviews laid in. Cloth rubbed to spine ends; small patch of colour lifting to front endpaper; light tanning to pages. Dustwrapper has a number of untidy creased tears with rubbing and chipping to edges and sunning to spine. From the library of the late Marianne Gourary, a New York collector who amassed a vast selection of cat related books during her lifetime. Additional postage will be required for international delivery, please email for a quote. [1019: D3]. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Fair. Illus. by DORE, Gustave et al.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jenny Wren Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012535
- Title
- The Fables
- Author
- DE LA FONTAINE, Jean
- Illustrator
- DORE, Gustave et al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0904041263
- ISBN 13
- 9780904041262
- Publisher
- Jupiter Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Jenny Wren Books
Biblio member since 2017
Maidstone, Kent
About Jenny Wren Books
We specialise in secondhand and collectable children's books and related items. We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) so you can be confident in buying from us. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- 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...
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