The Red Fairy Book
Very Good + / Very Good -. Item #11589
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [n.d. but ca. 1924?]. Reprint. Large octavo. 285 pp. 8 color plates by Tenggren, complete. Illustrated dust jacket. Red boards stamped in gilt with front pictorial pastedown. Red topstain; illustrated endpapers.
Dust jacket chipped along edges with several closed tears incl. a longer tear to the nearly-detached front flap. Bookseller ticket affixed to protective mylar notes the jacket has been "deacidified to prevent yellowing and brittlement." Boards lightly edgeworn at extremities with a touch of fading. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Scarce in dust jacket.
Price: $175.00
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