The green fairy book / edited by Andrew Lang ; with numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford.

Author
Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892 (London : Spottiswoode and Co.)
Description
xi, [xii-xv], 366, [2] p., 1 leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.

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Special Collections - Cotsen Children's Library 13655 Eng 19 Browse related items Reading Room Request
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      Notes
      • "Printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square, London"--Colophon.
      • Publisher's advertisements ("Works by Andrew Lang") on half-title verso and on [2] p. at end: "Books for the Young."
      • Author's preface, "To the Friendly Reader," to "the third, and probably the last, of the Fairy Books of many colors" about the items included in this vol. (In fact there were 9 other Fairy Books subsequently published.)
      • Engraved frontis., t.p. vignette, as well as 14 other plates, included in pagination, and smaller illustrations throughout the text, most signed by Ford.
      Binding note
      • Pub. dark green cloth bds., gilt-stamped with pictorial design on upper cover and spine, all edges gilt; black endpapers.
      • Cover illustrates princess (Princess Gorgonzola?) riding a flying dragon.
      References
      • Osborne Coll., p. 35
      • Gumuchian, 3541
      Place name(s)
      • England London.
      • United States New York New York.
      OCLC
      4340128
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