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The Brown Fairy Book.
by LANG, Andrew
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
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 and spine have been preserved and mounted at the rear of the book. Fine.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LANGANDR028699
- Title
- The Brown Fairy Book.
- Author
- LANG, Andrew
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, London.
- Date Published
- 1904
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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