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Lang, Andrew (ed.). The Pink Fairy Book. Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1897.
Price: US$160.11 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover (no jacket as issued, with fairies and herald on clouds above sun in gilt on front board). Exterior slightly discoloured; spine very faded; edgeworn, with bumped extremities. Item is slightly cocked. Label and one or two marks on front pastedown and FEP; small tear on BEP. Gift dedication penned on first blank. Binding brittle at start. Early pages are bumped at upper corners, creased, foxed and marked, with evidence of liquid staining; visible to a much lesser extent on most pages following, with a little further foxing. All content remains clear. TS
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
Andrew Lang. The Pink Fairy Book. Longmans, Green, and Co., London, New York, and Bombay, 1897.
Price: US$371.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A good copy of the 1st edition in the original pink decorative cloth binding with all page edges gilt. With numerous black and white illustrations by H J Ford. The binding has delicate gilt illustration to the front board which is bright. The spine is very sunned and faded. It has been rebacked with the original spine relaid onto matching cloth, so the book is sound and tight. The back board is clean with some faint marking and fading close to the spine. Corners with light wear. All page edges gilted. Contents are complete and clean. There is toning to the page margins, particularly the top margin and a persistent small stain at the top page edge from circa p170 to 257. The contents page has had the contents marked off. There are 2 flattened creases to the rear free endpaper and a number of top page corners have been turned over at one time, leaving light flattened creases. Occasional light marking otherwise
Seller: ecbooks, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
Andrew Lang. The Pink Fairy Book. New York: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1897.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. 1st American Edition, 8vo, Illustrated by H. J. Ford. Pink gilt pictorial cloth. Spine fade. Hinges split. Pages lightly tanned and clean. The word "read" in pencil handwriting at the beginning of several stories.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$433.02 + shipping
Description: Previous owner's inscription. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked decorative cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Fairy book series. Physical description: viii, 360, 3p. : ill. ; 21cm. Subjects: Fairy tales. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$484.00 + shipping
Description: Previous owner's inscription. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked decorative cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Fairy book series. Physical description: viii, 360, 3p. : ill. ; 21cm. Subjects: Fairy tales. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
LANG, Andrew. The Pink Fairy Book. Longmans, Green, and Co, 1897.
Price: US$599.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1897 1st ed Pink Fairy Book Snow Queen Andrew Lang Illustrated DISNEY Frozen 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 all of which feature impressive illustrations throughout. The Pink Fairy Book includes 41 stories that tell of goblins, trolls, mermaids, and witches from the folklore of Japanese, Scandinavian, and Sicilian tales! However, the most famous story from this book is The Snow Queen which is based on Hans Christian Andersens original story the basis for Disneys animated feature Frozen! Item number: #16548 Price: $599 LANG, Andrew The Pink Fairy Book London; New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1897. First edition. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages viii, [2], 360 Includes 34 full-page engravings as well as many in-text illustrations of H.J. Ford Language: English Binding: Hardcover; secure Decorative pink cloth Size: ~7.25in X 5.25in (18.5cm x 13.5cm) 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! 16548 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Andrew Lang. The Pink Fairy Book. Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1897.
Price: US$634.03 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first edition of Andrew Lang's 'Pink Fairy Book', a lavishly illustrated work of folklore tales from Japan, Scandinavia, and Sicily. The first edition, first impression.Illustrated with a frontispiece, a vignettetitle page, thirty-three full paged engravings, and thirty-five in-text engravings.Collated, complete.'The Pink Fairy Book' is Lang's fifth book in his popular 'Fairy Books' series.The pink volume contains stories from Sicilian, Scandinavian, and Japanese folklore.Containing 'The Snow-Queen', 'The Cunning Shoemaker', 'The Merry Wives', 'The Sprig of Rosemary', 'The House in the Wood', 'The Goblin and the Grocer', 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, generally smart. Spine is a little faded. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards. Tears to the head and tail of the rear joint. Hinges are strained. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the occasional scattered spot. Closed tear to the head of page 269/270. Page 49/50 is detached but present. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: ix, 360 pp. With numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford. 8vo, publisher's pink gilt-decorated cloth; a.e.g. First US edition. Text block over-opened a several points; spine a little darkened; light wear to extremities.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
LANG, Andrew. THE PINK FAIRY BOOK. Longmans Green & Co, 1897.
Price: US$1056.71 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. Original pink cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. All edges gilt. A near fine copy, with some fading to the spine as usual, but remarkably bright upper cover. Many black and white illustrations by H. J. Ford. Stories for this volume are all traditional fairy tales from around the world. There are stories of European origin as well as Japanese and African legends. Tales include: The Snow-Queen; The Flying Trunk and How the Dragon was Tricked. The fifth of the Lang fairy books.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom