The Brown Fairy Book The
by Lang, Andrew
From the book:The stories in this Fairy Book come from all quarters of the world. For example, the adventures of 'Ball-Carrier and the Bad One' are told by Red Indian grandmothers to Red Indian children who never go to school, nor see pen and ink. 'The Bunyip' is known to even more uneducated little ones, running about with no clothes at all in the bush, in Australia. You may see photographs of these merry little black fellows before their troubles begin, in 'Northern Races of Central Australia,' by Messrs. Spencer and Gillen. They have no lessons except in tracking and catching birds, beasts, fishes, lizards, and snakes, all of which they eat. But when they grow up to be big boys and girls, they are cruelly cut about with stone knives and frightened with sham bogies all for their good' their parents say and I think they would rather go to school, if they had their choice, and take their chance of being birched and bullied. However, many boys might think it better fun to begin to learn hunting as soon as they can walk. Other stories, like 'The Sacred Milk of Koumongoe,' come from the Kaffirs in Africa, whose dear papas are not so poor as those in Australia, but have plenty of cattle and milk, and good mealies to eat, and live in houses like very big bee-hives, and wear clothes of a sort, though not very like our own.
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by LANG, Andrew
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1904 1st ed Brown Fairy Book Andrew Lang Mermaids Elves Native American Indians
"Once upon a time…"
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of children stories that were published in a collection of "colors." The collection includes nearly 800 stories both true and fiction. The Brown Fairy Book contains stories of Native American Indians, Australian Bushmen, African Kaffirs, and other stories… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1904. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". H. J. Ford. The first edition of the ninth of Andrew Lang's fairy books, an illustrated collection of tales from around the world. The first edition.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, twenty-two monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, lacking the front endpaper. All illustrations… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BROWN FAIRY BOOK
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London: Longmans, Green, and Company. 1904. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original brown cloth elaborately illustrated in gilt, titles to the spine in gilt. All edges gilt. Endpapers illustrated in silver. With eight colour plates and black and white illustrations throughout by H. J. Ford. A very good copy, the binding firm, the gilt bright, the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Title: The Brown Fairy Book
Author: Andrew Lang
Publisher: 1ST World Library.
Year Published: 2004
Edition: Original
Dimensions: 22cm x 14.5cm
Binding type: Hardcover
ISBN: 1421800039
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SKU. VSS / 134c / G / 308 / 174 / C
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The Brown Fairy Book
by Lang, Andrew (Editor); Ford, H. J. (Illustrator)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dover Publications, Incorporated, 1965. First Thus . Soft cover. VG/No Jacket. Ford, H. J.. Collection of 32 classic fairy tales edited by Lang, with all of the original vintage all of the original vintage duotone illustrations by H. J. Ford that appeared in the original 1904 edition: 30 plates & 20 other illustrations throughout… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1904. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". H. J. Ford. The first edition of Andrew Lang's ninth fairy book, the brown volume containing a variety of tales from around the world. The first edition.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, six colour plates, twenty-two monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, bound without the… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1904. First edition, first printing. Published in London by Longmans, Green and Co.. This is a near fine copy. The brown boards, featuring the beautiful and profuse gilt illustrations, are slightly loose at the hinge (though intact). There is some mild bumping to the spine tips and at the corners. The silver gilt endpapers… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Brown Fairy Book
by Lang, Andrew
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The Brown Fairy Book: Original Text
by Lang, Andrew
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The Brown Fairy Book.
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London: Longmans, Green, and Co.,, 1904. First edition, first impression, of the ninth title in the Fairy Books series, gathering tales from North America, Brazil, Australia, Africa, Persia, India, Lapland, and the Pacific Islands. Among its 32 stories are "The Wicked Wolverine", "The Mermaid and the Boy", and "How Some Wild Animals became Tame ones". Henry Justice Ford's (1860-1941)… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Longmans, Green, and Co.,, 1904. First edition, first impression; a stunning copy of the ninth title in the Fairy Books series, gathering tales from North America, Brazil, Australia, Africa, Persia, India, Lapland, and the Pacific Islands. Among its 32 stories are "The Wicked Wolverine", "The Mermaid and the Boy", and "How Some Wild Animals became Tame ones". Henry… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: The Folio Society, 2010. First Edition with these illustrations. Hardcover. fine/fine. Small quarto. 10" x 7 1/2'. Decorated brown cloth cover. 281pp. Color Illustrations by Omar Rayyan. Illustrations reminiscent of John Bauer. A fine copy in slipcase. Originally published in 1904 with black and white illustrations by H.J.Ford. Item Price
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The Brown Fairy Book (Complete and Unabridged with Original Illustrations)
by Andrew Lang
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- June 1965
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The Brown Fairy Book
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The Brown Fairy Book
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Longmans, Green and Co, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Ford, H. J. Book Brown calf with gilt design and lettering. 5 raised bands. Edge rubbed. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. With 8 coloured plates and numerous illustrations. A nice copy approaching 'Near fine' status. Item Type: Book. No… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Brown Fairy Book
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(London): The Folio Society, 2010. Hardcover. Fine. First edition thus. Introduction by Adam Phillips. Illustrated by Omar Rayyan. Small quarto. xviii, 282pp. Fine in about fine unprinted slipcase with a tiny bit of wear. A handsome production by The Folio Society; *The Brown Fairy Book* was first published by Longman's, Green & Co. in 1904. Item Price
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The Brown Fairy Book.
by LANG, Andrew.
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Longmans, Green, London., 1904. First edition. Octavo. pp xiii, 350. Eight coloured plates and numerous black-and-white drawings by H.J. Ford. Bound by Brian Frost of Bath in full brown leather, raised bands, gilt decorated spine, gilt rules, outer and inner gilt dentelles, red and green title- and author-labels. All edges gilt. Batik endpapers. The original gilt decorated upper covers… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Brown Fairy Book (Complete and Unabridged with Original Illustrations)
by Andrew Lang [Editor]; H. J. Ford [Illustrator];
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