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LANG, Andrew (editor and translator, 1844-1912). [Selected Works]. London: 1890-1919, 24 volumes, the majority first editions, comprising:
The Red Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890. 8° (178 x 117mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 3 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford and Lancelot Speed. FIRST EDITION.
The Blue Poetry Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891. 8° (178 x 117mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 11 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford and Lancelot Speed. Original gilt cloth covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Green Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode & Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892. 8° (178 x 118mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 12 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford. Original gilt green cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The True Story Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. 8° (178 x 117mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 8 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford, Lancelot Speed, L. Bogle and others. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Red True Story Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895. 8° (178 x 118mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 18 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Animal Story Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896. 8° (177 x 117mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 29 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Pink Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1897. 8° (178 x 117mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, and illustrations, many full-page, after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Nursery Rhyme Book. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1897. 4° (194 x 137mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title border, 9 plates, and illustrations after L. Leslie Brooke. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
Arabian Nights. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. 8° (178 x 117mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 32 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Red Book of Animal Stories. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. 8° (175 x 117mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 31 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Grey Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. 8° (178 x 119mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 30 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford. FIRST EDITION.
The Violet Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. 8° (179 x 119mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 6 plates, woodcut title vignette, 25 plates, and illustrations, all after H.J. Ford. FIRST EDITION.
The Book of Romance. London: Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902. 8° (178 x 118mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette, 35 plates, and illustrations, all after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Crimson Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. 8° (178 x 120mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette, 30 plates, and illustrations, all after H.J. Ford. FIRST EDITION.
The Brown Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904. 8° (178 x 118mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette, 22 plates, and illustrations, all after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Red Romance Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. 8° (178 x 118mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette, 28 plates, and illustrations, all after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Orange Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906. 8° (178 x 118mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette, 17 plates, and illustrations, all after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Olive Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907. 8° (178 x 120mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette, 20 plates, and illustrations, all after H.J. Ford. FIRST EDITION.
The Yellow Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908. 8° (178 x 120mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 21 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. New impression.
Leonora Blanche LANG. The Book of Princes and Princesses. London: Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908. 8° (178 x 118mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette, 9 plates, and illustrations, all after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
L.B. LANG. The Red Book of Heroes. London: Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909. 8° (178 x 117mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette, 17 plates, and illustrations, all after A. Wallis Mills. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
L.B. LANG. The Book of Saints and Heroes. London: Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912. 8° (202 x 134mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 11 plates, 18 woodcut plates, all after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth cover and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
L.B. LANG. The Strange Story Book. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1913. 8° (202 x 133mm). Half-title. Portrait frontispiece, 12 colour-printed plates, 18 woodcut plates, plates and illustrations after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth cover and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Lilac Fairy Book. London: Darien Press for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1919. 8° (178 x 118mm). Colour-printed frontispiece and 5 plates, woodcut title vignette, 20 plates, and illustrations, all after H.J. Ford. New impression.
(Scattered light spotting or browning on some volumes.) Polished calf gilt in various colours by Bayntun (Riviere), double gilt fillet borders on covers, the spines gilt with relevant motifs stamped in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces in 2, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (spines lightly faded).
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The Red Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890. 8° (178 x 117mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 3 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford and Lancelot Speed. FIRST EDITION.
The Blue Poetry Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891. 8° (178 x 117mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 11 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford and Lancelot Speed. Original gilt cloth covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Green Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode & Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892. 8° (178 x 118mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 12 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford. Original gilt green cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The True Story Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. 8° (178 x 117mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 8 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford, Lancelot Speed, L. Bogle and others. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Red True Story Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895. 8° (178 x 118mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 18 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Animal Story Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896. 8° (177 x 117mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 29 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Pink Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1897. 8° (178 x 117mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, and illustrations, many full-page, after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Nursery Rhyme Book. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1897. 4° (194 x 137mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title border, 9 plates, and illustrations after L. Leslie Brooke. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
Arabian Nights. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. 8° (178 x 117mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 32 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Red Book of Animal Stories. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. 8° (175 x 117mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 31 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Grey Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. 8° (178 x 119mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 30 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford. FIRST EDITION.
The Violet Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. 8° (179 x 119mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 6 plates, woodcut title vignette, 25 plates, and illustrations, all after H.J. Ford. FIRST EDITION.
The Book of Romance. London: Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902. 8° (178 x 118mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette, 35 plates, and illustrations, all after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Crimson Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. 8° (178 x 120mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette, 30 plates, and illustrations, all after H.J. Ford. FIRST EDITION.
The Brown Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904. 8° (178 x 118mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette, 22 plates, and illustrations, all after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Red Romance Book. London: Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. 8° (178 x 118mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette, 28 plates, and illustrations, all after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Orange Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906. 8° (178 x 118mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette, 17 plates, and illustrations, all after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Olive Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907. 8° (178 x 120mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette, 20 plates, and illustrations, all after H.J. Ford. FIRST EDITION.
The Yellow Fairy Book. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908. 8° (178 x 120mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 21 plates, and illustrations after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. New impression.
Leonora Blanche LANG. The Book of Princes and Princesses. London: Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908. 8° (178 x 118mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette, 9 plates, and illustrations, all after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
L.B. LANG. The Red Book of Heroes. London: Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909. 8° (178 x 117mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette, 17 plates, and illustrations, all after A. Wallis Mills. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
L.B. LANG. The Book of Saints and Heroes. London: Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912. 8° (202 x 134mm). Half-title. Colour-printed frontispiece and 11 plates, 18 woodcut plates, all after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth cover and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
L.B. LANG. The Strange Story Book. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1913. 8° (202 x 133mm). Half-title. Portrait frontispiece, 12 colour-printed plates, 18 woodcut plates, plates and illustrations after H.J. Ford. Original gilt cloth cover and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION.
The Lilac Fairy Book. London: Darien Press for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1919. 8° (178 x 118mm). Colour-printed frontispiece and 5 plates, woodcut title vignette, 20 plates, and illustrations, all after H.J. Ford. New impression.
(Scattered light spotting or browning on some volumes.) Polished calf gilt in various colours by Bayntun (Riviere), double gilt fillet borders on covers, the spines gilt with relevant motifs stamped in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces in 2, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (spines lightly faded).
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