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Price: US$192.41 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: hardback, 8vo, vi,255,(32)pp, frontispiece and 10 b/w plates by James Allen, patterned endpapers, owner's name on half-title (dated 1884), a crayon mark on Contents page margin, scattered foxing and occasional grubby marks on pages, internal binding shaken but unbroken; there are no loose pages or sections. spine badly cocked, rear inner hinge cracked, original decorated green cloth, gilt titles, covers rubbed abd soiled. Fair condition
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
MacDonald, George. The Princess and Curdie. Chatto & Windus, London, 1883.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: A poor, incomplete copy, lacking one text leaf. Ex-library, Riwaka Library (a small 19th century provincial New Zealand library, Riwaka is situated 5km from Motueka, in the upper part of New Zealand's South Island.) Rebound in 19th Century half-leather library binding. A 1 3/4" split at tail end of front joint. A 1" split at head of front joint. Leather spine rubbed and worn. Boards rubbed. Hinges broken. Free endpapers torn out. Lacking the half-title page, one text leaf, and the publisher's advertisments. Pencil number on front endpaper. Library rubber stamp on title page. Black ink cross mark on rear endpaper. Moderate foxing to frontispiece and title page. A few fingermarks to lower corner of title page.One plate detached. ; (iii)-vi, 255 pages + 11 plates (frontispiece + 10 other plates). All illustrations present. One text leaf is missing (torn out). The missing text leaf is pages 175-176. Also lacking the half-title page, the publisher's advertisements, and the front and rear free endpapers. Half-leather binding. Marbled papered boards. Page dimensions: 166 x 110mm. Fairy stories. The author's third book.; Ex-Library; 8vo
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Macdonald, George. The Princess and the Curdie. Chatto & Windus, London, 1883.
Price: US$352.76 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 8vo. Pp vi, 255. Frontis and 10 plates. 32 page publisher's catalogue dated July 1882. Leaf and fruit patterned endpapers. Original cloth, worn, faded and stained. All edges stained red. The plates have been inexpertly coloured by a juvenile hand. Scattered soiling and wear internally. No inscriptions.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Macdonald, George. The Princess and the Curdie. Chatto & Windus, London, 1883.
Price: US$609.31 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 8vo. Pp vi, 255. Tissue-guarded frontis and 10 plates, 32 page publisher's catalogue dated July 1882. Leaf & flower patterned endpapers. Original cloth with extensive wear and soiling. Pronounced slope to spine. Inner hinges cracked - rear hinge repaired. Scattered soiling/fingering internally. Neat inscription to front fly-leaf
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom