The Red Book of Heroes
by Mrs. Lang (Leonora Blanche Alleyne)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Light wear to boards, bumped to lower front cover, small tear to spine tail, minor interior toning. Very good. SJK-28
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Light wear to boards, bumped to lower front cover, small tear to spine tail, minor interior toning. Very good. SJK-28.
[A. Wallis Mills] Lang The Red Book of Heroes Longmans, Green, & Co. 1909
Mrs. Lang (Leonora Blanche Alleyne). Andrew Lang, editor. A. Wallis Mills, illustrator. The Red Book of Heroes. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909. First edition.
Small octavo. 407pp. With 8 colored plates and numerous illustrations by A. Wallis Mills. Publisher's red pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, all edges gilt.
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- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28
- Title
- The Red Book of Heroes
- Author
- Mrs. Lang (Leonora Blanche Alleyne)
- Book Condition
- Used - Light wear to boards, bumped to lower front cover, small tear to spine tail, minor interior toning. Very good. SJK-28
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Andrew Lang, Fairy Books, Children's, Illustrated, A. Wallis Mills
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