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The Lilac Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1910. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". H. J. Ford. Andrew Lang's lilac collection of fairy tales, a lovely volume of his popular series, complete with colourful plates. The first edition, first impression. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, a vignette title page, five colour plates, twenty monochrome plates, and twenty-six in-text engravings.Two pages of adverts to the rear.Collated, complete.'The Lilac Fairy Book' is Lang's twelfth and last book in his successful 'Fairy Book' series.The lilac volume contains stories from Portugal, Ireland, and Wales.Containing 'The Shifty Lad', 'The False Prince and the True', 'The King of the Waterfalls', 'The One-Handed Girl', 'The Winning of Olwen', and more.Andrew Lang is best known for these collections of fairy tales, and was an avid collector of folk and fairy tales. He was a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic.Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford, a noted English illustrator who is best known for his beautiful illustrations for Lang's works. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Spine is a little discoloured. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Some light marks to the boards, a little heavier to the rear board. Tear to the head of the rear joint. Faded ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional scattered spot and handling marks. Very Good
Synopsis
The Fairy Books, or "Coloured" Fairy Books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour. Collected together by Andrew Land they are sourced from a number of different countries and were translated by Lang's wife and other translators who also retold many of the tales. The collection has been incalculably important and, although he did not source the stories himself direct from the oral tradition he can make claim to the first English translation of many.First published in 1910, The Lilac Fairy Bookis the final volume in this series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 894P54
- Title
- The Lilac Fairy Book
- Author
- Andrew Lang
- Illustrator
- H. J. Ford
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- The Lilac Fairy Book andrew lang h. j. ford fairy tales andrew lang
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- First Edition
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- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
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