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LANG, Andrew (ed.). The Grey Fairy Book.. Longmans, Green, and Co., London and New York, 1900.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: xii, 387 pp. With Numerous Illustrations by H. J. Ford. 8vo, publisher's cloth with gilt vignettes on front cover and spine; a.e.g. First US edition. A few gatherings starting due to over-opening of the text at several places; 1/8" puncture damage at the inner margins of a few pages at the middle of the text; cloth a bit soiled with a few light stains.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$218.01 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: True first British printing. No jacket as issued. With numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford. All illustrations are present and in good condition (bit of foxing/browning/few marks). Includes original tissue guarded frontispiece. Page 159/160 is a little loose to lower third. Grey boards with (faded) gold lettering and design to spine and gold lettering and design to front are only good with numerous marks, pushing/bumping to corners, patchy browning (including to spine), a few small rubs/bumps to edges, a little patchy fading and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/bumping/small splits to the cloth) to head/tail of spine. Little spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight (pulled in places with webbing showing - however book is not in danger of falling apart). All edges gilt (bit rubbed/scratched/bumped with the odd small mark). Small creases to a few pages. Pages tanned. Previous owner's name, date and location in pen to front end-paper. Previous owner's name, date and location in pencil to front blank page. Numerous marks/scattered foxing to pages. First and last few pages tanned. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
Andrew Lang. The Grey Fairy Book. Longmans, Green and Co., New York, 1900.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 12mo. 7 1;2" x 5". Gray cloth with gilt design and lettering to cover and spine. 387pp. AEG (all edges gilt). Gorgeous black and white illustrations by H.J.Ford. Gift inscription of previous owner on half-title page. Gutters tight. Small piece chipped out of front free endpaper. Very light edge wear at head of spine. A beautiful copy.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Andrew Lang. The Grey Fairy Book. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1900.
Price: US$513.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy of the 1st edition in the original grey decorative cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and gilt to front board depicting a fairy riding on the back of an owl beneath the moon and a star. Numerous black and white illustrations by H J Ford, all present and in excellent condition. All page edges gilt. The spine is slightly faded and has a few marks, slight wear to tail of spines, corners very lightly bumped. The rear board has a faint stain. Internally there is a previous owners signature to half title page, contents lightly foxed. 387 Pages.
Seller: Moriarty's, Grimsby, LINCO, United Kingdom
Lang (Andrew). The Grey Fairy Book. With Numerous Illustrations by H.J. Ford.. Longmans Green, 1900.
Price: US$545.17 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, tissue-guarded frontispiece and title-page vignette, illustrated throughout, a little light foxing to opening pages, pp. xii, 387, 8vo, original grey cloth, backstrip and upper board with pictorial designs stamped in gilt, backstrip gilt lettered, a little rubbed at head and foot, small brown mark to lower board, corners slightly knocked, a.e.g., school prize label to front pastedown, very good. Tales from 'Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world' (Preface).
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
Andrew Lang. The Grey Fairy Book. Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1900.
Price: US$564.42 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition of this anthology from Andrew Lang's immensely popular collection of sweet and moralistic fairy tales for children. Lang was a pioneer in his field as he used such a wide variety of sources. Many of these tales made their first appearance in the English language due to Lang's translation. Although Lang made most of the selections himself for the works, his wife and other translators did a large portion of the translating and retelling of the stories. The first edition of this work. Collated, complete. The Grey Fairy Book contains thirty-five stories from oral traditions, as well as French, German and Italian collections. Tales include 'Donkey Skin', 'The Goat-Faced Girl', 'The Bear', 'The Dog and the Sparrow', 'The Twin Brothers', 'Prunella' and 'The Street Musicians'. In a full decorative cloth binding. Externally, very smart with just some light rubbing to the joints. Ink spill to the head of front board and occasional handling marks to boards. Prior owner's inscription to the front board, 'Cecil Rice 1900'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1900 1ed Grey FAIRY Book Andrew Lang Grimm Perrault Goblins Serbia Illustrated Once upon a time Andrew Langs Fairy Books are a series of children stories that were published in a collection of colors. The collection includes nearly 800 stories both true and fiction. The Grey Fairy Book, originally published in 1900, features 35 stories, most of which come from oral traditions of French, German, Italian, Serbian, African, and Greek ancestry. These stories cover tales of goblins, magicians, and other legends made famous by Grimm and Perrault such as The Street Musicians and Donkeyskin. Item number: #16337 Price: $750 LANG, Andrew The Grey Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang with numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford. London; New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. First edition. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages [xii], 387 32 engraved plates and many 27 in-text illustrations Language: English Binding: Cloth hardcover; tight and secure Size: ~7.5in X 5.5in (18.5cm x 13cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 16337 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Andrew Lang. The Grey Fairy Book. Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1900.
Price: US$949.24 + shipping
Description: Andrew Lang's grey collection of fairy tales, a lovely volume of his popular series, complete with H. J. Ford's plates. The first edition, first impression.Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty-one plates, and in-text illustrations throughout.Collated, complete.'The Grey Fairy Book' is Lang's sixth book in his successful and colourful 'Fairy Book' series.The grey volume contains stories from Lithuania, Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world.Containing 'The Goblin Pony', 'Udea and her Seven Brothers', 'Herr Lazarus and the Draken', 'The Story of the Queen of the Flowery Isles', 'The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch', 'Prunella', and more.Andrew Lang is best known for these collections of fairy tales, and was an avid collector of folk and fairy tales. He was a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic.Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford, a noted English illustrator who is best known for his beautiful illustrations for Lang's works. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Very light rubbing to the joints. A few very small marks to the boards. Spots to the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
edited by Andrew Lang. The Grey Fairy Book. Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1900.
Price: US$1050.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first printing of The Grey Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated throughout by H. J. Ford. In original binding. Grey cloth over boards with a gilded illustration of a fairy on the back of an owl on the front cover and further gilding on the spine. Solid and square binding. All edges gilt. Some minor and infrequent spotting internally, otherwise very fine. No bookplates or inscriptions. Pages:(12) 387 Dimensions:7â x 5¼ x 1¼.
Seller: John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.