Tanglewood Tales

Previous owners' names dated 1938 and 1951. Pressed 5 leaved clover loosely included between pages 70-71. Fading and some staining to dust-jacket spine. 25mm chip to dust-jacket spine where printed price has been clipped out. Some 20mm tears to margins of dust-jacket, with cloth tape repairs on reverse side. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover.; No date (previous owner's name dated 1937). 313, [3 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 4 plates. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Maroon endpapers. Page dimensions: 152 x 100mm. Contents: Introduction; Foreword; The Minotaur; The Pygmies; The Dragon's Teeth; Circe's Palace; The Pomegranate Seeds; The Golden Fleece. With a 5 page Introduction and Bibliography by C. Ranger Gull on pages 5-9. Illustrated by D. C. Eyles. Plates facing pages 129, 160, 225, 256. The illustration on the front panel of the dust-jacket is a colour version of the frontispiece illustration. Advertisements for Waterman's pens on rear panel of dust-jacket. Rear of dust-jacket with alphabetical (by author) list of titles in the series. Series: Collins' Illustrated Pocket Classics, #303. [Series information printed on dust-jacket only, not in book.]

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Publisher: Collins' Clear-Type Press

Year: [c1937]

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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