1929 The Heroes of Greek Fairy Tales for My Children Charles Kingsley Leather

Description: Click here to see our other books! The Heroes of Greek Fairy Tales for My Children Charles Kingsley 1929 Macmillan & Co. : London 7.5" by 5" xviii, 218pp.(5) SUMMARY A collection of stories about Greek heroes and mythology, by the noted Charles Kingsley, bound in full crushed morocco and a slipcase. Illustrated,Leather Binding,With Slipcase Overall Condition: Very Good This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 15.99 EU Postage: £ 13.99 European Postage: £ 14.99 Asia Postage: £ 18.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 19.99 DESCRIPTION Reprint. First published in December 1855. Bound in full crushed morocco with a cardboard slipcase. Illustrated with monochrome vignettes by the author. This work was written by the popular Charles Kingsley and features a collection of retellings from Greek Mythology, including stories of Perceus, The Argonaugts and Theseus. This work was intended for his children, with a dedication to them to the front of the book.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son, literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. CONDITION Bound in full crushed morocco with a cardboard slipcase. Endpapers renewed and original half title and blanks retained. Externally smart with fading to the spine, slight rubbing to the front board and shelf wear. Prize bookplate from 'Twyford School' to the front pastedown, with offsetting and spotting to the free endpapers. Internally generally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. The slipcase is generally smart with rubbing to the extremities, joints starting in places and slight fading to the extremities. Overall Condition: Very Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

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