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THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK
by Lang, Andrew
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Monmouthshire, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Published by Longmans, Green & Co., 1889. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Ford, H.J.. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Blue cloth covers, gilt title to spine and vignettes to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 390 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. All edges gilt. Catalogue to rear of book is dated August 1889. Spine is bumped with wear and faded. Corners are bumped. Front hinge next to frontis page is cracked, with browning glue marks showing. Frontis is edge-creased with a few nicks and some foxing. Tissue guard to frontis is heavily foxed. A couple of hinges are pulled. Foxing to varying degrees to pages throughout book.
Synopsis
The Fairy Books, or "Coloured" Fairy Books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour. Collected together by Andrew Land they are sourced from a number of different countries and were translated by Lang's wife and other translators who also retold many of the tales. The collection has been incalculably important and, although he did not source the stories himself direct from the oral tradition he can make claim to the first English translation of many.First published in 1889, The Blue Fairy Bookis the 1st volume in this series.
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- Bookseller
- Stella & Rose's Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2139762
- Title
- THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK
- Author
- Lang, Andrew
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Ford, H.J.
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by Longmans, Green & Co.
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- CHILDRENS FAIRY TALES
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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,...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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