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SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. LANG, ANDREW, editor. [Story Books:]. London: Longmans etc. 1891-1905. Together 8 vols., 8vo, bound as a set in blue, light blue, scarlet, lavender, brown, maroon, green and red morocco gilt, each cover with a different center ornament (some with onlaid morocco), spines each in six compartments with five raised bands, gilt lettered in two compartments, a variety of gilt tools in the rest, board edges and turn-ins gilt, g.e., original cloth upper covers and backstrips preserved, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, lower hinge of first volume very slightly cracked, a few corners with very slight wear, one spine band rubbed, contained in a fitted book-formed display case with hinged lid and doors (case badly worn). FIRST EDITIONS, illustrated by L. Bogle, L. Davis, C.H.M. Kerr and mostly by H.J. Ford (some in color). Sold not subject to return.
Contents: The Blue Poetry Book, 1891; The True Story Book, 1893; The Red True Story Book, 1895; The Animal Story Book, 1896; The Arabian Nights Entertainments, 1898; The Red Book of Animal Stories, 1899; The Book of Romance, 1902; The Red Romance Book, 1905. (8)
Contents: The Blue Poetry Book, 1891; The True Story Book, 1893; The Red True Story Book, 1895; The Animal Story Book, 1896; The Arabian Nights Entertainments, 1898; The Red Book of Animal Stories, 1899; The Book of Romance, 1902; The Red Romance Book, 1905. (8)