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The Yellow Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£365.00£328.50
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1895. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". H. J. Ford. The second edition of Andrew Lang's sixth colourful volume in his popular fairy book series, complete with the original H. J. Ford illustrations. The second edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-one plates, and in-text engravings.Collated, complete.The sixth book in Andrew Lang's popular 'Fairy Books' series.This yellow volumes contains stories mostly hailing from the pen of Hans Christian Andersen.Containing 'Thumbelina', 'How to tell a True Princess', 'The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus', 'Story of the Emperor's New Clothes', 'The Seven-Headed Serpent', 'The Six Swans', 'The Dragon of the North', 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. Bookplate of Suzanne Eward to the front paste down. Gift inscription to the half-title. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Cloth is a little discoloured, a little more to the spine, with some light marks. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Rear hinge is starting but firm. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some occasional spots. Gift inscription to the half-title. Small amount of wear to the reverse of the frontispiece. Page 87/88 and the plate facing page 88 are detached but present with some edge wear to the pages and stamps to page 87. 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 1894, The Yellow Fairy Bookis the 4th volume in this series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 838P1
- Title
- The Yellow Fairy Book
- Author
- Andrew Lang
- Illustrator
- H. J. Ford
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1895
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- The Yellow Fairy Book andrew lang h. j. ford hans christian andersen andrew lang
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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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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