Andrew Lang (Ed.). The Book of Princes and Princesses. Longmans, Green and Co., 1908.

Price: US$20.05 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 1908. No Edition Stated. 361 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with faded lettering. Illustrated by H. J. Ford. B&W and colour illustrations throughout. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Front hinge severely cracked with visible netting, thus the board is slack. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Some gutter cracking. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Notable sunning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Book has a forward lean.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Lang, Mrs ( Lang, Andrew Editor ). The Book of Princes and Princesses. Longmans, Green and Co., 39 Paternoster Row, London, 1908.

Price: US$38.50 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Truee Tales of Royalty & Rulers including "Napoleon", "Henriette the Siege Baby", "Richard the Fearless"and many more. Beautifully illustrated with 8 Full-Page Colour Platees and other In-Text and Full Page B&W illustrations by H. J. Ford. Frontispiece Illustration "Camilla Tells Her Tale", protected by Tissue Guard. Vignette Illustration on Title Page. Title Page dated 1908. Blue cloth cover, with lovely Gilt illustration of a young Prince & Princess gazing up at an Angel presenting a Crown. Gilt lettering and Illustration of a Sword, Crown & Roses, on spine. All page edges Gilt. 361 Pages + adverts, 620g, 7 1/2" Tall. Somet edgewear, mainly at tips of corners and spine ends. Binding a little fragile in places. Hinges cracked and reinforced with white hinge tape. Gift inscription, dated 1908, on ffep and small handwritten label on endpaper. No other inscriptions, pages in nice, clean condition. Please ask if you would like more pictures or information. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom

LANG, Mrs. LANG, Andrew (ed.). The Book of Princes and Princesses.. Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1908.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Description: xix, 361 [6, ads] pp. With 8 coloured plates and numerous illustrations by H. J. ford. 8vo, publisher's blue pictorial cloth. Front free endpaper lacking; light use to cloth; cloth decoration a bit rubbed, particularly at the spine.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Andrew Lang. The Book of Princes and Princesses. With 8 Coloured Plates and Numerous Illustrations By H.J. Ford.. Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1908.

Price: US$51.33 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition 1908, no wrapper. The boards are shelf worn with bumped corners and rolling to top and tail of spine. Prize plate to front pastedown. The front hinge is starting and the webbing is just starting to show in a few places in the book. Endpapers are lightly tanned with light dusting to page ends. A light spine lean. (13)

Seller: Alder Bookshop UK, Oban, United Kingdom

Lang Mrs.. The book of princes and princesses / by Mrs. Lang ; edited by Andrew Lang ; with eight coloured plates and numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford. London : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908.

Price: US$66.12 + shipping

Description: Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn; panel edges somewhat dust-dulled and rubbed as with age. Boards stained. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description: xix, 361 pages : illustrations ; 19cm. Subjects: Princesses and princes ; Juvenile literature. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Lang Mrs.. The book of princes and princesses / by Mrs. Lang ; edited by Andrew Lang ; with eight coloured plates and numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford. London : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908.

Price: US$82.00 + shipping

Description: Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn; panel edges somewhat dust-dulled and rubbed as with age. Boards stained. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description: xix, 361 pages : illustrations ; 19cm. Subjects: Princesses and princes ; Juvenile literature. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Lang Mrs.. The book of princes and princesses / by Mrs. Lang ; edited by Andrew Lang ; with eight coloured plates and numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford. London : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908.

Price: US$82.66 + shipping

Description: Very good copy in the original title-blocked, blind-tooled, decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xix, 361 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. Subjects: Princesses; Princes and princesses in literature; Romances; Princes Europe ; Juvenile literature; Princesses Europe ; Juvenile literature; Europe Kings and rulers; Europe History ; Juvenile literature. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Lang, Mrs (By). The Book of Princes and Princesses. Longmans Green and Co., 1908.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Edited by Andrew Lang. Complete with all plates and numerous Illustrations by H.J. Ford. There is gilt around the block of the book and on the spine and beautifully decorated on the front cover. Publication of 361 pages. Frontispiece in color. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and a touch edge worn. There is foxing on the early and last pages, little within the body of the book. The text is legible. The binding is excellent. Fair for its Age, 1908. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa

LANG, Andrew (edits and introduces). LANG, Mrs.. The Book of Princes and Princesses. Longmans, Green, London., 1908.

Price: US$192.49 + shipping

Description: First edition. Octavo. pp xx, 361, [6] adverts. Seven page preface by Andrew Lang. Fourteen ''true'' stories, the first being that of Napoleon. Eight colour plates and numerous other illustrations by H.J. Ford. Original gilt pictorial blue cloth. All edges gilt.Free endpapers spotted. Ownership inscription on verso of front pastedown. Minor insect damage to lower edge of rear endpaper and pastedown. Very good indeed, bright copy.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom

Edited by Andrew Lang Illustrations by H. J. Ford. The Book of Princes and Princesses By Mrs Lang Edited by Andrew Lang With 8 Coloured Plates and Numerous Illustrations by H.J. Ford [First Edition – Full Cloth Binding]. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1908.

Price: US$384.98 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1908, First Edition. Publisher’s original blue cloth, spine with gilt titles, illustration in gilt to the spine and the front cover. Colour frontispiece, vignette to the title page, 7 colour plates, 9 engraved full page plates and many illustrations in the text throughout. xix, [i], 361pp, 6pp of adverts. Approximately 7 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine – good condition – gilt titles with gilt decoration, bruised top and tail. Joints – good condition – gently rubbed. Corners – good condition – bumped and worn. Boards – good condition – original blue cloth boards with gilt pictorial design to the front board. Page edges – good condition – gilt. See above and photos. Internally Hinges – good condition – sound. Paste downs – good condition – tanned paste downs. End papers – good condition – plain end papers, tanned. Title – good condition – vignette to the centre, lightly tanned. Pages – good condition – 8 colour and 9 black and white illustrated plates, illustrations in the text throughout, all by H. J. Ford, tanned pages. Binding – good condition – sound. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1908 Binding: Hardback

Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom

Andrew Lang. THE BOOK OF PRINCES AND PRINCESSES. Longmans, Green & Company, New York, 1908.

Price: US$499.95 + shipping

Description: Very Good+ in boards. Gilded text block edges. Illustrations by Henry Ford.

Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.