Andrew Lang : A Critical Biography with a Short-Title Bibliography of the Works of Andrew Lang

Leicester, England: Edmund Ward, 1946. First printing with "First published October, 1946" so stated on the copyright page. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. The whites parts of the jacket (i.e. rear panel) are lightly soiled. NO chips. NO fading. Protected by a removable mylar clear-plastic sleeve. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. From the dust jacket: "The present book is the first attempt that has so far been made to view Andrew Lang's work as a whole, and to attempt some account of the man himself. In specialised fields of scholarship Lang has always held his own; but as a literary figure he has been sadly neglected. Yet the late Sir A. T. Quiller-Couch ranked his style above that of Pater and Stevenson and Kenneth Grahame, and George Saintsbury considered him as among the chief minor poets of his period. As poet and essayist, and also as writer of tales and fairy stories, Andrew Lang has never been dealt with seriously or at any length." Frontispiece portrait of Lang in full color. Also includes a useful bibliography that lists works by Lang alone, by him in collaboration with others, translations by him, his introductions, contributions and prefaces to books by others, and magazine articles by and about him. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue cloth. Complete with dust jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xiii, 265pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.