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The Orange Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$320.84A$288.76
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1914. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". H. J. Ford. An uncommon to see early edition of Andrew Lang's tenth 'Fairy Book' this being his charming orange volume, illustrated with all colour plates present. An uncommon to see early edition of this work.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, a vignette title page, seven colour plates, seventeen monochrome plates, and thirty-three in-text engravings.Collated, complete.'The Orange Fairy Book' is the tenth book in Andrew Lang's monumental 'Fairy Book' series.This orange volume contains tales from Jutland, Rhodesia, Uganda, and other various European traditions.The stories include 'The Magic Mirror', 'The Ugly Duckling', 'The Enchanted Wreath', 'The White Doe', 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. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with light discolouration to the spine and rear board. Some minor marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Gilt to the spine is rubbed, rubbing causing in lack of gilt to the front board. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the occasional scattered spot and marks. Very Good
Synopsis
The children who read fairy books, or have fairy books read to them, do not read prefaces, and the parents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, who give fairy books to their daughters, nieces, and cousines, leave prefaces unread. For whom, then, are prefaces written? When an author publishes a book 'out of his own head,' he writes the preface for his own pleasure. After reading over his book in print - to make sure that all the 'u's' are not printed as 'n's,' and all the 'n's' as 'u's' in the proper names - then the author says, mildly, in his preface, what he thinks about his own book, and what he means it to prove - if he means it to prove anything - and why it is not a better book than it is.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 887P19
- Title
- The Orange 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
- 1914
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- The Orange Fairy Book fairy book andrew lang h. j. ford fairy book rhodesia uganda
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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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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Publisher's cloth
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Title Page
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