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Andrew Lang, Ed. The Blue Poetry Book. Longmans Green London, 1891.
Price: US$11.53 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1891 longmans green edition with loose binding and selo-taped spine cover a perfectly readable copy
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Andrew Lang (editor). The Blue Poetry Book. Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1891.
Price: US$57.64 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Publishers decorative blue cloth gilt, good used condition, some wear & marks, spine edges rubbed at top & bottom, corners rubbed, inner hinges straining, etc.
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom
Andrew Lang.. The Blue Poetry Book.. Longmans, Green and Co., London 1891, 1891.
Price: US$57.64 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Hardback. Octavo. xx, 351pp. Original blue cloth with gilt titles and illustrations, all edges gilt. Covers slightly worn and marked, slight rubbing to spine, inner front hinge starting, a couple of small marks to prelims, otherwise very good. Inscription to endpaper. No jacket.
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
Lang, Andrew. THE BLUE POETRY BOOK.. Longmans, Green London 1891, London, 1891.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Bright tight condition some scuffing to spine tips Illustrated. Blue and Gilt covers small wrinkle to back cover inkname.
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Andrew Lang ( Editor ). The Blue Poetry Book. Longmans, Green, and Co., NY, 1891.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 351 pp, b/w frontis and illustrations, all page edges are gilded, the book and contents are clean and tight, the covers are tight, the spine and cover edges are rubbed, the front cover is nicely embossed in gold with a boy playing a lyre with a leopard, lion, tiger, and a lizard at his feet, they are surrounded with trees and grasses and mountains in the distance.
Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.
LANG, Andrew (Edited By). The Blue Poetry Book. Longmans, Green and Co. 1891, London, 1891.
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. xx, 351 pp. Publisher's original gilt decorated blue cloth. All edges gilt. With numerous black & white illustrations by H. J. Ford and Lancelot Speed. Rubbing to spine and edges with some chipping to cloth at spine and small marks to boards. Slight lean to binding and some minor grubbying and spots internally. No ownership markings. 8vo. Illustrated
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo, pp. xx, 351; illustrated throughout; mild dampstain in lower margin of the first three gatherings, as well as at the back corner of the rear cover; all else very good and bright in original pictorial blue cloth, showing a lad with a lyre, and a leopard, a lion, and a lizard in front of a lake, a.e.g.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Lang,Andrew. The Blue Poetry Book. Longmans,Green And Co, London and New York, 1891.
Price: US$147.30 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a Very Good Copy of this book in Publisher's original elaborate decorated blue hardcover cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine.The book has black endpapers and is complete with half title page,frontispiece and engraved title page.This copy has no previous names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.There is a little dulling to the colour tone alonmg spine and with some slight wear along spine edges and to the head of the spine.All page edges are gilt lined.The book's contents remain clean internally apart from an odd spotting mark to the page margins.profusely illustrated with many black and white engraved plates by Ford and lancelot speed.A more than decent copy for the collector,8vo (xx) 351pp First Edition 1st Issue [1891]
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
LANG, Andrew (Edited By). The Blue Poetry Book. Longmans, Green and Co. 1891, London, 1891.
Price: US$153.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xx, 351 pp. Publisher's original gilt decorated cloth. All edges gilt. Rubbing to spine ends. Small tear to corner of one leaf. Some light spotting to prelims. No ownership names. With numerous black & white illustrations by H. J. Ford and Lancelot Speed. 8vo. Illustrated
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Lang, Andrew, Editor. The Blue Poetry Book. Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1891.
Price: US$251.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Condition LIMITED EDITION Number 27 of 150 "large paper" copies printed by Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1891; 7 inches wide x 10.5 inches high; 351 pages, 12 plates + numerous black-and-white illustrations scattered throughout. A lovely copy of a scarce edition.
Seller: Tornbooks, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
LANG, Andrew. The Blue Poetry Book. Longmans, London, 1891.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford, 12mo, handsomely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full blue polished calf with ornately gilt spine and red leather spine labels, a.e.g. London, Longmans, Green, 1891. First Edition. A very good(+) copy.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
LANG, Andrew. The Blue Poetry Book.. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891., 1891.
Price: US$525.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: PUBLISHER'S PRESENTION COPY. 1 vol., 7-3/16" x 5-1/4", blind stamped publisher's presentation to title page, illustrated by H. J. Ford & Lancelot Speed, bound in fine 1/2 polished blue calf, ribbed gilt decorated spine, gilt lettered black morocco spine label, original cloth covers and spine bound in rear, all edges gilt and goffered, housed in a blue cloth open ended slipcase, hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, internally clean and bright, A VERY GOOD COPY.
Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: # 15 of 150 copies printed. Original quarter white parchment over grey paper covered boards, five raised bands and title at spine printed in blue, Very Good, spine browned and with two small stains, joints starting to open yet still holding well, corners rubbed, end pages toned, prior owner gift inscription in pencil front end page. The poem "In Helena's Garden" by Richard Watson Gilder pasted onto recto of 2nd front end page, laid in at rear the poem "O Music" by Harriet Prescott Spofford from a contemporary magazine. Size: Tall 8vo
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Lang, Andrew (Editor). THE BLUE POETRY BOOK. Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1891.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This book is hard-bound in gray paper covered boards with a tan cloth spine with blue printing. The covers show some soiling, edge-wear and rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. There is some wear to the upper joint. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and generally clean, with illustrations, but also with some light scattered foxing/soiling. This book is a Limited Edition, #117/150. First Large Paper Edition.
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.