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THE ORANGE FAIRY BOOK
by LANG, Andrew; Illustrated by FORD, Henry J.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans Green and Co. 1906. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Early 20th century orange half morocco with five raised bands and gilt titles and illustrations to the spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Beautifully illustrated with 8 colour plates and black and white line drawings throughout by H. J. Ford. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the leather and cloth with a little light rubbing, the corners slightly bumped. The contents, with spotting to the endpapers and prelims and a few light spots and finger marks here and there are otherwise clean throughout. The the frontispiece is cracked but holding at the lower hinge; pages 3, 5, and 127 with small tears (not affecting the text). The tenth title in Andrew Lang's 'Fairy Book' series. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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
- Lucius Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25248
- Title
- THE ORANGE FAIRY BOOK
- Author
- LANG, Andrew; Illustrated by FORD, Henry J.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Longmans Green and Co. 1906
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lucius Books
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York, North Yorkshire
About Lucius Books
Our shop is located in central York within a stones throw of the historic Micklegate Bar and walls. We are open seven days a week and carry a high quality stock specialising in but not limited to first editions, signed copies, bound sets and childrens / illustrated books and original art. Our opening times are 10am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and 11am to 4pm on Sundays.Lucius Books is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) trade associations. If you are unable to make it to the shop then our stock is available to view on our website at www.luciusbooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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