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The Blue Poetry Book
by Andrew Lang
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/N
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London and New York : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891 A very good copy of the first edition in the original blue gilt-decorated cloth binding with numerous black and white illustrations by Speed and H J Ford. All page edges gilt. Part of the Fairy Book series, this was the third published. The binding is bright and clean with bright gilt decoration to the front board. The spine is slightly darker with a small pale mark near the rear spine joint about half way up. The back board is very clean with a paler area along the spine joint at the bottom and a tiny scuff on the top edge. There is light pulling to the spine and some wear and light turning to corners. The original black endpapers are present with the bookplate of Castlecraig Library to the front pastedown. The contents are complete, clean and sound. There is light fox spotting through the volume with some pages clear, some with the odd spot and some with light freckle spotting. There is a small ink mark at p22 and the bottom corners to pp 181/2 and 183/4 have been miss-cut in binding. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E C Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033292
- Title
- The Blue Poetry Book
- Author
- Andrew Lang
- Illustrator
- H J Ford and Lancelot Speed
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1891
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- andrew lang; fairy books; h j ford; blue poetry book
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Children's; POETRY;
Terms of Sale
E C Books
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About the Seller
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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