Details

Subject(s)

• Juvenile fiction [Browse]

Illustrator

• Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941 [Browse]

Publisher

• Longmans, Green, and Co. [Browse]

Printer

• Spottiswoode & Co. [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Fairy tales [Browse]
• Publishers' cloth bindings [Browse]
• Publishers' advertisements [Browse]

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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