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Andrew Lang. The Red True Story Book. Longmans,Green & Co., 1895.
Price: US$12.17 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1895. No Edition Remarks. 419 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Lang, Andrew. The Red True Story Book. Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, London, 1895.
Price: US$19.21 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: For extra pictures of the more valuable books, please press the 'Ask Bookseller A Question' button. In good condition overall. Contents suffer from very little foxing and are mostly clean. Boards are slightly marked but gold is bright. The spine is missing but the binding is still quite tight. Buying more books makes the postage more economical. To help our customers, we have split our books into 70 + categories. Size: 4¾"- 7.25" Tall
Seller: BIANCOLIBRARY, BILLINGSHURST, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$28.95 + shipping
Description: Hardcover with red cloth covers with gilt decoration on cover and spine. Gilt page edges. Light wear and soil on corners and spine tips. 7.25x5 with 419 pp.
Seller: Kazoo Books LLC, Kalamazoo, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with red cloth over boards, worn to a darker shade at the spine. Gold text and illustration on spine and cover. Title page dated 1895. No separate copyright page. xii + 419 pages. Includes introduction and list of illustrations. Features black and white woodcut illustrations by Henry J. Ford, including a frontispiece. Name and "Christmas 1900" written neatly in blue pen on the page following the list of Andrew Lang's works. The hinge of that same page shows a crack in the binding from top to bottom, exposing some of the backing linen. The back shows much milder weakness in the binding, and the foot of the spine is very securely bound. Pages are clean and bright. Please email us with questions or to request photos.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Lang, Andrew (edits). The Red True Story Book. Longmans Green & Co, London, 1895.
Price: US$30.74 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 419 pages all original 8vo hardbound 13 x 19 cms in red cloth gilt, all edges gilt. Covers a little sunned. Rear hinge starting. Worcester Royal Free Grammar School Prize copy with full ,page armorial pastdown (see image 3). Full page tissue guarded B & W frontispiece "In the Borghese Gardens". Loosely inserted a Catalogue extract (image 4) showing two copies at $250 (Heritage Bookshop), and $250 (James Cummins) with a pencilled note "Our Book £65". Numerous beautiful B & W illustrations by Henry J Ford (see 5th image). See also our ABE Listing # 007049 "The Red Book of Romance". Andrew Lang.
Seller: The Sanctuary Bookshop., Lyme Regis, United Kingdom
Andrew Lang (Ed.). The Red True Story Book. Longmans,Green & Co, 1895.
Price: US$31.13 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1895. No Edition Remarks. 419 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper and half-title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Slight staining overall.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Lang, Andrew, edited by. The Red True Story Book. Longmans, Green & Company, London, 1895.
Price: US$32.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Spine darkened and relined, corners bumped, new eps, owner's signature and date (1905) in ink on half-title, some internal foxing. ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; xii, 419 pages; Red cloth with dulled gold spine titles, image of banner stamped in gold to upper cover, man wielding cutlass to spine,18 b&w plates with inter-textual woodcuts, all edges gilt.
Seller: C P Books Limited, Oxted, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.43 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition 1895. Illustrated by Henry J. Ford. All edges gilt. Some very light foxing in places. Publishers gilt decorated red cloth slightly rubbed around the edges and corners. Cloth slightly darkened and lightly marked. Very slight lean to the spine. Generally a good solid copy. 419 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Andrew Lang editor. The Red True Story Book. Longmans Green and Co, 1895.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: some staining, fading on boards, splitting running up 1/3 of front spine,
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
LANG, ANDREW; Editor.. The Red True Story Book.. London, Longmans, Green, And Co., 1895., 1895.
Price: US$46.98 + shipping
Description: First Edition; 8vo; pp. xiii, 419; frontispiece, numerous b/w illustrations; original red cloth, title in gilt on spine, decoration in gilt on front, spine faded, spine and corners bumped, flecking to first and last few pages, good copy.
Seller: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australia
Lang, Andrew. THE RED TRUE STORY BOOK. Longmans, Green & Co., 1895.
Price: US$47.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1895. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Red cloth, gilt titles to spine and illustration to front cover. Black endpapers. Numerous b/w illustrations. 419 pages. All edges gilt. Spine bumped, browned and a little worn at top. Corners are bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Foxing and some fingering throughout. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Lang, Andrew. The Red True Story Book. Longmans, Green & Co, London, United Kingdom, 1895.
Price: US$49.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK Edition, First Print. Octavo, pp. 384. Publisher's original red cloth, spine and cover lavishly decorated in gilt, all illustrations present, with gilt to all text block edges. Light fade to the spine, Internally clean pages, light toning, contemporary name and date to front end page ( Charles H. Bewley ) , a very good plus to near fine copy.
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
LANG, Andrew [editor]. The Red True Story Book. Longmans Green & Co Ltd, 1895.
Price: US$51.23 + shipping
Description: First edition of this collection of true stories retold by Lang and others, including H Rider Haggard- in the same format as the 'Fairy' series with red cloth and gilt titles and cover decoration. Pagination - xii + 419 . Edges of text block gilt. Many illustrations by Henry J. Ford. Inscriptions to endpapers otherwise a VG copy with unfaded spine (usually found with fading).
Seller: Hadwebutknown, Birnam, PERTH, United Kingdom
LANG, Andrew. THE RED TRUE STORY BOOK. Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1895.
Price: US$60.29 + shipping
Description: 19x13, 419p, grabados e ilustraciones en b/n, cortes dorados. Tela editorial roja con lomo algo ajado.
Seller: Librería Sagasta, Madrid, MADRI, Spain
Lang, Andrew. The Red True Story Book. Longmans, Green & Co., 1895.
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition 1895 Longmans, Green and Co, no wrapper as issued. Covers are lightly shelf worn with bumped corners. The spine is rolled top and tail and faded. The spine is leaning. Ink inscription to front free endpaper. (12)
Seller: Alder Bookshop UK, Oban, United Kingdom
Price: US$65.78 + shipping
Description: Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Front board stained. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Frontispiece accompanied by a guard sheet. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: [iii]-xii, 419 p., [19] leaves of plates: ill.; 19 cm. Notes: Frontispiece accompanied by protective sheet. Subjects: History. History; Juvenile literature. Children's stories. Kings and rulers; Juvenile literature. Saints; Juvenile literature. Voyages and travels; Juvenile literature. Adventure and adventurers; Juvenile literature. Explorers; Juvenile literature. War; Juvenile literature. Battles; Juvenile literature. Adventure and adventurers. Genre: Adventure fiction. Bookplates. Case bindings. Children's books. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Lang, Andrew. The Red True Story Book. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Rebound keeping spine and boards. A stain on front board, corners rubbed and bumped. New red endpapers. Edges gilt. Some foxing and marginal soiling. B/W plates throughout.
Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.
Lang, Andrew. The Red True Story Book. Longmans, Green, And Co, London, 1895.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Red cloth with gilt lettering and design. Lean to spine; head and tail chipped. Cloth faded and soiled, extremities bumped and rubbed. Foxing throughout.
Seller: Booked Up, Inc., Archer City, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$76.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red cloth cover with Gilt Illustration of a Banner of Jesus & Mary on the front and a gilt illustration of a Pirate on the spine, with gilt lettering above. Full-Page and In-Text illustrations throughout. Frontis Illustration of playing Golf in the Borghese Gardens. Many thrilling accounts of Historical incidents, including Wilson's Last flight, The Life and Death of Joan the Maid, How Gustavus Vasa won his Kingdom, Monsieur de Bayard's Duel, How Marbot crossed the Danube.and many more. Illustrated with 19 Plates and many In Text Woodcuts. 419 Pages.7 1/4" Tall. All Page Edges Gilt. Black Endpapers. Small closed tears to cloth along sides of spine. Spine colour faded to brown but gilt still bright. Hinges sound & text Block firm. A little light foxing to some pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
Price: US$82.00 + shipping
Description: Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Front board stained. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Frontispiece accompanied by a guard sheet. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: [iii]-xii, 419 p., [19] leaves of plates: ill.; 19 cm. Notes: Frontispiece accompanied by protective sheet. Subjects: History. History; Juvenile literature. Children's stories. Kings and rulers; Juvenile literature. Saints; Juvenile literature. Voyages and travels; Juvenile literature. Adventure and adventurers; Juvenile literature. Explorers; Juvenile literature. War; Juvenile literature. Battles; Juvenile literature. Adventure and adventurers. Genre: Adventure fiction. Bookplates. Case bindings. Children's books. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Original red cloth, all edges gilt, gilt decoration on cover, overall near very good. Endpapers ok, small bookstore stamp at bottom of half-title. Illustrations by Henry J. Ford.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: THE RED TRUE STORY BOOK, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY HENRY J. FORD, ed Andrew Lang + C.K Ogden, Longmans, Green and Co, 1895, 419p, hc no dj, boards bumped/scuffed, spine skin detached one hinge, text clean/tanning/mottling, solid binding, SOME FLYS THREADS PRESENT.EX-LIBRARY COPY AS NOTED BY SMALL BOOKPLATE FRONT FLY, FROM THE LIBRARY OF C.K. OGDEN, INSCRIBED "TO ROSIE FROM MOTHER, JANUARY 23TH, 1899":.WITH MULTIPLE STAMPS "RBL" BACK FRONTISPIECE PAGE.CHARLES KAY OGDEN WAS AN INVENTOR OF AN 850-WORD GLOBAL LANGUAGE KNOWN AS "BASIC ENGLISH"--A LANGUAGE WITH NO VERBS !, INSTITUTED AS A LAST-DITCH COLONIAL-IMPERIALIST EFFORT TO ENFORCE LINGUISTIC HEGEMONY WORLDWIDE BY A DECLINING BRITISH EMPIRE. HE WAS ALSO A FAMOUS WAR PSYCHOLOGIST, LINGUIST, LOGICIAN, SYMBOLIST, EDITOR OF THE APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY JOURNAL "PSYCHE" FROM 1920-1952, BORN 1889, DIED 1957.From Wikipedia: Ogden obtained the M.A. in 1915. He founded the Cambridge Magazine in 1912 while still an undergraduate, editing it until it ceased publication in 1922. It evolved into an organ of international comment on politics and the war. A survey of the foreign press filled more than half of each issue, and its circulation rose to over 20,000. Ogden often used the pseudonym Adelyne More in his journalism. The magazine also included literary contributions by Siegfried Sassoon, John Masefield, Thomas Hardy, George Bernard Shaw, and Arnold Bennett.Language and philosophy Although neither a trained philosopher nor an academic, Ogden had a material impact on British academic philosophy. He helped translate Wittgenstein's Tractatus. His most durable work is his monograph (with I. A. Richards) titled The Meaning of Meaning (1923), which went into many editions. This book, which straddled the boundaries among linguistics, literary analysis, and philosophy, drew attention to the significs of Victoria Lady Welby (whose disciple Ogden was) and the semiotics of Charles Peirce. A major step in the "linguistic turn" of 20th century British philosophy, The Meaning of Meaning set out principles for understanding the function of language and described the so-called semantic triangle. It included the inimitable phrase "The gostak distims the doshes." [edit]Entrepreneur Ogden ran a network of bookshops in Cambridge, also selling art by the Bloomsbury Group. One such bookshop was looted on the day World War I ended.[1] He was a voracious book collector; his incunabula, manuscripts, papers of the Brougham family, and Jeremy Bentham collection were purchased by University College London. The balance of his enormous personal library was purchased after his death by the University of California - Los Angeles---100.00
Seller: TotalitarianMedia, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
LANG, Andrew (ed.). The Red True Story Book.. Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1895.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: xii, 419 pp. With Numerous Illustrations by Henry J. Ford. 8vo, publisher's red gilt-decorated cloth; t.e.g. First edition. A very few spots of foxing to a few leaves at the beginning and end; spine very slightly sunned; a little fraying to the extremities of the spine. Tight and sound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: THE RED TRUE STORY BOOK, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY HENRY J. FORD, ed Andrew Lang + C.K Ogden, Longmans, Green and Co, 1895, 419p, hc no dj, boards bumped/scuffed, spine skin detached one hinge, text clean/tanning/mottling, solid binding, SOME FLYS THREADS PRESENT.EX-LIBRARY COPY AS NOTED BY SMALL BOOKPLATE FRONT FLY, FROM THE LIBRARY OF C.K. OGDEN, INSCRIBED "TO ROSIE FROM MOTHER, JANUARY 23TH, 1899":.WITH MULTIPLE STAMPS "RBL" BACK FRONTISPIECE PAGE.CHARLES KAY OGDEN WAS AN INVENTOR OF AN 850-WORD GLOBAL LANGUAGE KNOWN AS "BASIC ENGLISH"--A LANGUAGE WITH NO VERBS !, INSTITUTED AS A LAST-DITCH COLONIAL-IMPERIALIST EFFORT TO ENFORCE LINGUISTIC HEGEMONY WORLDWIDE BY A DECLINING BRITISH EMPIRE.HE WAS ALSO A FAMOUS WAR PSYCHOLOGIST, LINGUIST, LOGICIAN, SYMBOLIST, EDITOR OF THE APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY JOURNAL "PSYCHE" FROM 1920-1952, BORN 1889, DIED 1957.From Wikipedia: Ogden obtained the M.A. in 1915. He founded the Cambridge Magazine in 1912 while still an undergraduate, editing it until it ceased publication in 1922. It evolved into an organ of international comment on politics and the war. A survey of the foreign press filled more than half of each issue, and its circulation rose to over 20,000. Ogden often used the pseudonym Adelyne More in his journalism. The magazine also included literary contributions by Siegfried Sassoon, John Masefield, Thomas Hardy, George Bernard Shaw, and Arnold Bennett.Language and philosophy Although neither a trained philosopher nor an academic, Ogden had a material impact on British academic philosophy. He helped translate Wittgenstein's Tractatus. His most durable work is his monograph (with I. A. Richards) titled The Meaning of Meaning (1923), which went into many editions. This book, which straddled the boundaries among linguistics, literary analysis, and philosophy, drew attention to the significs of Victoria Lady Welby (whose disciple Ogden was) and the semiotics of Charles Peirce. A major step in the "linguistic turn" of 20th century British philosophy, The Meaning of Meaning set out principles for understanding the function of language and described the so-called semantic triangle. It included the inimitable phrase "The gostak distims the doshes." [edit]Entrepreneur Ogden ran a network of bookshops in Cambridge, also selling art by the Bloomsbury Group. One such bookshop was looted on the day World War I ended.[1] He was a voracious book collector; his incunabula, manuscripts, papers of the Brougham family, and Jeremy Bentham collection were purchased by University College London. The balance of his enormous personal library was purchased after his death by the University of California - Los Angeles.100.00
Seller: TotalitarianMedia, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Lang, Andrew. The Red True Story Book. Longmans Green & Co., UK, 1895.
Price: US$108.87 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Decorative red cloth, spine titles and decorative cover motif stamped in gilt. All Edges Gilt. A UK first edition. The book is square and very tight. The boards are solid, if a little dust soiled. The upper leading edge corners are gently bruised. The gilt on the front board is bright and bold. The spine is dulled. The spine ends are gently bruised. The pages are clean. No dog-eared pages. The binding is solid. There is a contemporary ( 1897 ) school prize bookplate on the front pastedown. A well preserved copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted.
Seller: Cheltenham Rare Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Lang, Andrew. The Red True Story Book. Longmans Green & Co., 1895.
Price: US$121.68 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. xii 419pp. Bw tissue guarded frontis and numerous bw illustrations in text. Red cloth, gilt decoration to front, titles gilt to spine. Aeg. Black eps. Neat dedication on half title. Book : very slight leaning, spine very slight fading, ends of very slight shelf rubbed, fade mark across front top edge, very slight occasional foxing. Contents : clean and tight. Nice tight quite attractive copy VG.
Seller: Deightons, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Lang,Andrew. The Red True Story Book. Longmans,Green And Co, London and New York, 1895.
Price: US$122.96 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a Very Good + Copy of this book in Publisher's original elaborately decorated red 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 one previous inscription present to the verso of the half title page and is dated 1896.The book has a very firm binding with no hinge weakness,with no cracking to joins.There is a little darkening to the colour tone along spine but this is not unusual.All page edges are gilt lined.The book's contents remain reasionably clean apart from some sporadic browning spots/foxing to certain pages within the text block.Profusely illustrated with many black and white engraved plates and woodcuts by H.J. Ford.An excellent copy for the collector,8vo (xii) 419pp First Edition 1st Issue [1895]
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Lang, Andrew. The Red True Story Book. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1895.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG+, top front corner and bottom rear corner bumped, spine faded and somewhat scuffed/soiled, rear board faded along spine, front board lightly soiled near spine, head and foot of spine somewhat frayed and worn (moreso head of spine) . Overall a tight solid copy with bright unmarked pages, remains in VG+ condition. Protected in mylar. ; 12mo, red gilt illus. Cloth (both front cover and spine) , all edge pages gilt, tissue guarded frontis, illus. Title page, 419pp. Profusely illustrated throughout.
Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.
Lang, Andrew (ed.). The Red True Story Book. Longmans, Green and Co, 1895.
Price: US$128.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Half binding of deep red crushed morocco and red marbled boards. Endpapers also of red marbling. Page edges uncut. Spine titles and design in gilt. 5 raised bands. Some light foxing. Inscription to recto of frontispiece. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Item Type: Book. No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Ford, H. J. Category: Children; Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 003760.
Seller: H4o Books, Market Rasen, LINCS, United Kingdom
LANG, Andrew. The Red True Story Book. Longmans Green & Co., London and New York, 1895.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red cloth, gilt decoration to front, titles gilt to spine. All edges gilt. Black endpapers. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Numerous illustrations by Henry J. Ford.
Seller: Top Edge Gilt, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$153.70 + shipping
Description: [Childrens illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 419; [1], blank. With numerous engraved illustrations by Ford. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to upper board, coated black endpapers, all edges gilt. Light and occasional spotting else contents fresh, neat erasure to reverses of flyleaf, bookplate to pastedown, cloth fairly clean if a shade sunned to spine. An attractive copy. Very good. Complementing the popular 'Fairy Book' series, these stories are inspired by historical events. Provenance: W. C. Gardiner, engraved bookplate.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
LANG, Andrew. The Red True Story Book. Longmans, London, 1895.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford. Thick 12mo, rebound in older full red polished calf with ornately gilt spine (spine darkened and leather somewhat crackled), a.e.g. London: Longmans, Green, 1895. First Edition. A very good copy of this uncommon title.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.