THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK: With Numerous Illustrations By H. J. Ford
by Lang, Andrew
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Good
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1894. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Good. Ford, H. J. Classic Fairy Tales including: The Dragon of the North; The Snow-Daughter and the Fire-Son; The Blue Mountains; The Witch in the Stone Boat; The Magic Ring; Alphege or the Green Monkey, and many more. Well illustrated with many Full-Page and In-Text B&W illustrations. Title page has Vignette illus. of a Girl and a Witch. Frontispiece Illustration shows "The Swineherd takes Ten Kisses", protected by tissue guard. Yellow cloth cover, Illustrated in Gilt with a faded Gilt picture of an ascending angel on the front. Faded gilt lattering and picture of a cat on the spine. All page edges Gilt. Black endpapers. Title Page dated 1894. 321 Pages + publisher's advert, 620g, 7 1/4" Tall. Closed tear to cloth along left side of spine ( 6" long) ansd 3 small tears on right side ( about 1/22 long). Fading to cloth and gilt (see photos). Cloth worn on edge at fore corners ( only at tips on 3 corners.) Hinges sound. Text block binding fragile in the middle, cracked in a few places. No inscriptions. Small smudgy finger marks on several pages and a little lead pencil scribble on a few. Patch of browning on one paghe & illustration. Only an occasional spot of foxing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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
- Cornish Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018835
- Title
- THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK: With Numerous Illustrations By H. J. Ford
- Author
- Lang, Andrew
- Illustrator
- Ford, H. J
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S CLASSICS/CHILDREN'S FICTION/CLASSICS/CLASSICS/FAIRY TALES/FAIRIES/FOLKLORE & LEGENDS/ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS/ILLUSTRATED BOOKS/LANG'S FAIRY BOOKS
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