FOLK LORE AND FABLE (AESOP, GRIMM, ANDERSEN)--HARVARD CLASSICS, VOL. 17

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

FOLK LORE AND FABLE (AESOP, GRIMM, ANDERSEN)--HARVARD CLASSICS, VOL. 17

Entry/Object ID

97.36.1.17

Description

FOLK LORE AND FABLE (AESOP, GRIMM, ANDERSEN)--HARVARD CLASSICS, VOL. 17 "Folk-Lore and Fable: Aesop, Grimm, Andersen", Harvard Classics, Volume 17 (New York: P. F. Collier and Son, 1909), 383 pp. The seventeenth of a 51-volume series on world literature classics. A hardcover book in burgundy cloth with the Harvard University logo, volume number, title, and publisher in gilt letters on the spine. There is a frontispiece illustration of a scene from Andersen's "The Tinder-Box." From the estate of Rose Palomares, purchased from Claremont Books and Prints. In good condition with abrasions and wear on the cover corners and spine edges, creases on the inner covers, some brittleness on the binding, and minor page discoloration. This is the one of the few volumes in the set that gives indications of having been used. In pencil on the facing page, "Property of/Emilia R. Palomares/2172 Walnut St/La Verne/California/Ly 3-3401"

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Fables

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Documentary Artifact, Books, P. F. Collier and Son [Publishers], Folk literature, Anthologies

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Books