Author: Fredrich Wilhelm Carove; Sarah Austin
Title: The Story without an End
Description: London, Sampson, Low, Son, and Marston, 1868. Leather. Eleanor Vere Boyle's beautifully illustrated English translation of Carove's classic German fairy tale, illustrated in colour. A classic German children's story by Friedrich Wilhelm Carove, a charming and moral fairy tale.Translated here into English by Sarah Austin, a very popular translation, being frequently reprinted.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, fifteen colour plates, and in-text monochrome illustrations.Collated, complete.Illustrated by Eleanor Vere Boyle.Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front free endpaper. Rebound in a morocco binding with a wooden inlay to the front board. Externally, generally smart, with some rubbing to the boards and the spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, with a small amount of loss to the tail of the spine. Small chip to the wooden inlay. Minor marks to the boards. Front hinge is starting but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a couple of odd spots and handling marks. Page 1/2 is lifting to the head. A little edgewear to the colour plate facing page 1. Good . Ill.: Eleanor Vere Boyle. Good .

Keywords: The Story Without an End sarah austin german friedrich wilhelm carove sarah austin eleanor vere boyle Eleanor Vere Boyle


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