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Lang, Andrew [Ed.]. The True Story Book. Longmans, Green and Co., 1893.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: the boards are worn and scuffed. foxing and markings. book is damp damaged from the back. gift inscriptions. all text and illustrations remain clear, present and legible. may require extra postage outside South Africa. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Lang, Andrew (edited by). The True Story Book. Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1893.
Price: US$15.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: With numerous illustrations by L Bogle, Lucien Davis, H J Ford, C H M Kerr and Lancelot Speed. Dark blue cloth bound boards with gilt illustration on front board and gilt titling to spine. Extremeties rubbed. Head/tail of spine and corners bumped. Foxing. Black and white frontis with tissue guard. Previous owners inscription on top of title page. Vignette on title page. 337 pp. Gilt fore edges. NICE TIGHT AND BRIGHT. ; 000884; 8vo
Seller: Sue Lloyd-Davies Books, CARMARTHEN, United Kingdom
Andrew Lang (ed), illustrated by H.J. Ford et al. The True Story Book. Longmans, Green and Co, 1893.
Price: US$23.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated Second Edition - i.e. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. With numerous b/w illustrations by L. Bogle, Lucien Davis, H.J. Ford, C.H.M. Kerr and Lancelot Speed. Blue cloth, gilt titles, and illustrations to front and spine, all edges gilt. Condition: Very good. Minor edgewear, with bumping to corners and head and foot of spine. Spine a little darkened, gilt to front bright. Inscription dated 1893 to half title. Light scattered foxing. Binding firm. Size: 7.5x5 / 19x13cm. 337pp. Weight: 595g.
Seller: Paperworks, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Andrew Lang. The True Story Book. Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1893.
Price: US$25.67 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A second edition of this member of the classic "Fairy Book" series edited by Andrew Lang. Very good in blue cloth with fading to spine. No inscriptions. A.E.G.
Seller: Chris Phillips, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
LANG Andrew. Ed. by.. The True Story Book.. 1893, 1893.
Price: US$33.46 + shipping
Description: London: Longmans Green and Co. 1893. Sm. 8vo. Orig. illust. blue cloth. Gilt (spine ends rubbed). All edges gilt. (xvi 338 2pp.). With frontispiece title-vignette and numerous illusts by L. Bogle Lucien Davis H.J. Ford C.H.M. Kerr and Lancelot Speed. Slightly foxed. 1st ed.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
LANG, Andrew. The true story book. Longmans, Green & Co, 1893.
Price: US$34.39 + shipping
Description: Blue cloth with ornate gilt illustration on front board, and titles on spine. Front free end paper blind stamped by WH Smith. Appears missing half title page. Scattered foxing present.
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Lang, Andrew. True Blue Book. Longmans Green, 1893.
Price: US$35.93 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1893 1st edition. Illustrated in b/w. The blue cloth cover is worn ant the edges and corners and there are a few small splits. The binding is still reasonably firm and there are no loose or missing pages but page 27/8 has a tear at the top edge. The first blank page has a previous owner's name. Inside there are some grubby marks and foxing which is mostly moderately light but widespread on some pages.
Seller: Dandy Lion Editions, Beare Green, Dorking, United Kingdom
Andrew Lang. The True Story Book. Longmans Green & Co, 1893.
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1893. Longmans Green & Co. Second Edition. Various illustrations by L.Bogle, Lucien avis, H.J.Ford, C.H.M.Kerr and Lancelot Speed. Good Condition only. Slight lean to spine. Book is now protected by removable archival cover.
Seller: Mrs Middleton's Shop and the Rabbit Hole, Freshwater, United Kingdom
Lang, Andrew. The True Story Book. Longmans, Green, & Co., London, 1893.
Price: US$48.76 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of the wonderful series of Lang's 'fairy' books. In publishers' blue pictorial cloth. All edges gilt.Full-page and textual illustrations. Faint spotting as usual but a lovely tight copy with no fading or splitting.Payment by credit card through ABE. Paypal accepted.
Seller: Joelle Godard Books, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, United Kingdom
Price: US$48.76 + shipping
Description: [Children's illustrated] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 337; [1], blank; [1], advertisement; [1], blank. With numerous engraved illustrations by Ford, Speed and others. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to upper board, coated black endpapers, all edges gilt. A used copy with a little spine lean, ink inscription, some spotting/wrinkling within, acceptable wear to exterior. Very good. Stirring tales of Culloden, Rourke's Drift, Pirates, Red Indians, Kidnaps and Escapes.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Andrew Lang. The True Story Book. London & New York: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1893.
Price: US$51.33 + shipping
Description: Hardback. Physically 7½" x 4¾" (1 kg); (xiv) 337pp; In the Fairy Book series; Includes: Tissue-guarded Frontispiece; Line drawings; Black & white plates; All edges gilt; Title page vignette; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #191850|| Condition: Very Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding which is a little darkened at the spine. The pages clean and bright notwithstanding the limited age-toning.
Seller: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, United Kingdom
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL GILT DECORATED CLOTH BINDING, FRONTIS PLUS NUMEROUS FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS + ILLUSTRATIONS AMONG TEXT, MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES WITH 14 + 1 + 337 PAGES, MINOR WEAR & CREASE TO CLOTH AT TOP OF SPINE, LIGHT RUBBING TO COVER EDGES, CORNERS BUMPED, NAME TO HALF TITLE, SLIGHT PLAY TO HINGES, FIRST INTRODUCTORY PAGES ARE A STICKING UP A LITTLE PROUD AT TOP PAGE FORE-EDGE, SOME OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING OR MINOR MARK TO PAGES & ENDPAPERS. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH GILT TO COVER BRIGHT. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition 1893. Illustrated throughout. All edges gilt. Small chip from the edge of the last page. Foxed throughout. Publishers blue heavily gilt decorated cloth, top and bottom of the spine very slightly rubbed and frayed, spine very slightly darkened and with some very light marking. generally a very good crisp copy with the font cover bright and clean. 337 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Andrew Lang (ed.). The True Story Book. Longmans, Green and Co, 1893.
Price: US$58.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "The True Story Book" edited by Andrew Lang. Published in 1893 by Longmans, Green and Co. First Edition. ILLUSTRATED! A collection of true stories collected by Andrew Lang - known for his Colored Fairy Books like Red Fairy Book, Blue Fairy Book, etc. - relates strange episodes from the lives of Prince Charlie, Grace Darling, Benvenuto Cellini, Cervantes, Baron Trenck, Cesare Borgia, Cortes, and many another scapegrace and hero. Book is in Good condition. Some wear/rubbing to the covers. A little fading of the gilt on the covers. Corners are bumped a bit. Lean to the spine. Spine has faded a little. Slight staining on the back cover. Interior is in Good condition. A few of the early pages are a bit loose, but still bound. Hinges is cracked at an early page. Penciled name on early page and inked name on title page. Some foxing/speckling on the pages throughout. Still in Good condition! Your purchase supports a small business. We want you to love your book so customer service is important to us! All orders come with a FREE bookmark! Shop my Abebooks store and save on shipping!
Seller: For the Love of Used Books, Bristol, PA, U.S.A.
Lang, Andrew, Editor. The True Story Book. Longmans, Green, 1893.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Spine top lightly rubbed; ownership notation on verso of frontispiece; foxing.
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Lang, Andrew. The True Story Book. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1893.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in dark blue cloth with elaborate gilt decorations, 337pp plus 1pp ads, aeg. This copy with a trace of wear at tips, bump to lower front board and one corner, some bubbling on back cover [no signs of any water, must be a manufacturing defect], sporadic light foxing, otherwise a very good copy.
Seller: Kerkhoff Books DIV KSI, Warsaw, IN, U.S.A.
Lang, Andrew. The True Story Book. Longmans, Green & Co, London, United Kingdom, 1893.
Price: US$60.61 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK Edition, First Print. Octavo, pp. 337. 1p Advert. Publisher's original blue cloth, spine and cover lavishly decorated in gilt, all illustrations present, with gilt to all text block edges. Light rubbing to the boards, Internally clean pages, light spotting, contemporary name and date to front end page ( Charles H. Bewley ) , a very good copy.
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
Andrew Lang [Ed.]. The True Story Book. Longmans Green and Co., London, 1893.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. Pp. xiv[ii]337[ii]. No mention of subsequent printings. With 9 black & white plates and numerous smaller wood engravings. Very good in blue cloth boards with pictorial gilt decoration. Light wear to extremities; 1/8 inch tears to spine ends. Internally fine.
Seller: Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Lang, Andrew. THE TRUE STORY BOOK. Longmans, Green & Co., 1893.
Price: US$70.07 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st 1893. Good condition with no wrapper. Dark blue cloth, elaborate gilt decoration to front cover, vignette to spine. All edges gilt. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine very slightly browned. Name in ink to half title-page, ink address stamp to verso of free-endpaper (neatly crossed out). Heavy foxing to contents which are otherwise clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
LANG, Andrew.. The True Story Book.. Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1893.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: xv, 337 [1, ad] pp. With numerous illustrations by L. Bogle, Lucien Davis, H.J. Ford, C.H.M. Kerr, and Lancelot Speed. 8vo, publisher's blue gilt-decorated cloth; a.e.g. First edition. A bright, tight and sound copy with tiny areas of rubbing to the extremities of the cloth.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$96.24 + shipping
Description: First edition hard back publisher's original royal blue cloth covers, gilt lettering and designs to spine and upper panel, all edges gilt, black end papers. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" xvi, 337, 2 [pp]. Tissue guarded frontispiece and numerous illustrations by L. Bogle, Lucien Davis, Henry J. Ford, C. H. M. Kerr, and Lancelot Speed. Couple of faint fox spots to end papers, minute rubs to spine tips. In Very Good+ clean and bright condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. NINETEENTH CENTURY
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Lang, Andrew. The True Story Book. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1893.
Price: US$96.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original decorated blue cloth gilt, a.e.g., pp. xiv, 337. A very nice, clean copy, no discernible foxing. The edges and decorations remain bright. Minor tear to the cloth at the crown, nicks to the tail. Corners bumped and rubbed. Cracked a bit at the prelims and the frontispiece tissue guard is browned but overall, VG indeed.
Seller: Northern Lights Rare Books and Prints, Sastamala, Finland
Andrew Lang. The True Story Book. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1893.
Price: US$98.81 + shipping
Description: A bright copy of this late nineteenth century book of fairy tales by noted author Andrew Lang. The first edition of this work, with frontispiece, numerous illustrated vignettes, and eight illustrated plates. Collated, complete.An anthology of stories for children from Scottish collector of folk and faerie tales Andrew Lang, there are over twenty stories to this volume, including 'Casanova's Escape', 'Captain Snelgrave and the Pirates', 'The Escapes of Cervantes', 'Baron Trenck' and 'The Kidnapping of the Princes'.Numerous popular illustrators collaborated with Lang on this work, including L. Bogle, Lucien Davis, Lancelot Speed, H. J. Ford and C. H. M. Kerr.Containing an inscription of a previous owner to the page recto to the frontispiece: 'Emily Smith, Beech House, Haslington'.This copy came from the library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire, the previous home of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie (1902-1968). She was an English socialite and through her mother was the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, bumping to the head and tail of spine and extremities. Slight fading to the spine. Previous owner's inscription to the page recto to the frontispiece. Internally, hinges tender but firm. Book is generally firmly bound. A few spots to the pages and some coloured pencil inscription to the frontispiece, but otherwise pages generally clean. Good Only
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Andrew Lang [ed.]. The True Story Book. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1893.
Price: US$109.08 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A bright late nineteenth century anthology of adventurous tales for children. The second printing of this work, with frontispiece, numerous illustrated vignettes, and eight illustrated plates. Collated, complete.An anthology of stories for children from Scottish collector of folk and faerie tales Andrew Lang, there are over twenty stories to this volume, including 'Casanova's Escape', 'Captain Snelgrave and the Pirates', 'The Escapes of Cervantes', 'Baron Trenck' and 'The Kidnapping of the Princes'.Numerous popular illustrators collaborated with Lang on this work, including L. Bogle, Lucien Davis, Lancelot Speed, H. J. Ford and C. H. M. Kerr.Featuring publisher's advertisements to both the front and rear of the work.A contemporary inscription to the half title demonstrates that this work was a gift to 'Catherine', from her godmother, Christmas 1893. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to extremities and spine head and tail. Light discolouration to spine. Generally firmly bound, though slightly strained in places. Contemporary owner's inscription to half title. Scattered spots throughout. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Andrew Lang. The True Story Book. Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1893.
Price: US$115.49 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first edition of Andrew Lang's classic anthology of children's fairy tales, with engravings from a number of popular illustrators. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. All edges gilt. Ink inscription to the half title, dated 1893. 9 plates including the frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text. Collated, complete. Many popular illustrators collaborated with Lang on this work, including L. Bogle, Lucien Davis, Lancelot Speed, H. J. Ford and C. H. M. Kerr. An anthology of stories for children from Scottish collector of folk and fairy tales Andrew Lang (1844-1912). There are over twenty stories to this volume, including 'Casanova's Escape', 'Captain Snelgrave and the Pirates', 'The Escapes of Cervantes', 'Baron Trenck' and 'The Kidnapping of the Princes'. A page of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally smart, with a little wear to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. Spine is slightly faded. Front hinge is starting to split but is still reasonably firm. Internally, binding is slightly strained in a couple of places but otherwise firm. Faint tidemarks to the bottom of pages 307 to 337, not affecting the text. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Lang, Andrew, editor. The True Story Book. Longmans, Green and Co., and New York, London, 1893.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Illustrated by H. B. Ford. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth illustrated in gilt, a.e.g. Some rubbing and fraying of extremities, light soiling, stitching loosened at page 129, else a very good copy Illustrated by H. B. Ford. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Andrew Lang. THE RED FAIRY BOOK. Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1893.
Price: US$128.33 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: This copy has been rebound in red cloth covered boards with gilt titling and banding to the spine. There are gilt page edges all round. There are pink endpapers. There is an address embossed to the front free endpaper and a neat copperplate inscription dated 1894 to the half title. There is a tissue guarded frontispiece by the artist. The text block is unmarked, bright, white, tight and square and appears unread Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of twenty-five collections of true and fictional stories for children, published between 1889 and 1913. The best known books of the series are the twelve collections of fairy tales, known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors. In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in The Blue Poetry Book. Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, and literary critic. As acknowledged in the prefaces, although Lang himself made most of the selections, his wife and other translators did a large portion of the translating and retelling of the actual stories. The twelve Coloured Fairy Books were illustrated by H. J. Ford (Henry Justice Ford), the first two volumes shared with G. P. Jacomb-Hood and Lancelot Speed respectively. This one of four similarly bound volumes of Lang's Coloured Fairy Books I am selling on this site. Ref UU2
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
Lang, Andrew (editor).. The True Story Book.. London: Longmans Greens & Co., 1893., 1893.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 8vo. 337 pp, illustrated throughout. Gilt lettered & decorated blue cloth ,a.e.g. A near fine copy.(minor rubbing to extremities, faint spots on front cover).
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Lang, Andrew ( Editor ). THE TRUE STORY BOOK. L-G, 1893.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Description: THE TRUE STORY BOOK, Longman's Green & Co., 1893, first edition, a bright vg+ copy. Illustrated.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Andrew Lang (ed). The True Story Book. Longmans, Green, and co, 1893.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rebound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards and endpapers. Covers mildly edgeworn.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second edition (so stated; i.e. first edition, second printing). 8vo. Frontispiece and 7 illustrations by L. Bogle, Lucien Davis, H.J. Ford, C.H.M. Kerr and Lancelot Speed. 6 page introduction. Original ornate gilt-stamped pictorial blue cloth; black endpapers, a.e.g. (light foxing to the first and last pages). 335 pages + 1 page of publisher's advertising. No signatures or bookplates. Small bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST, LARGE PAPER EDITION NUMBERED 4 OF 150 COPIES. Bookplate of George Longman to front paste-down. Tall octavo, illustrated, uncut, half-cream paper and publisher's blue-gray papered boards, raised bands, lettered in blue in second spine compartment (minor repair to top of front gutter, moderate rubbing and soiling to covers, a few bumps to edges, heavy rubbing to corners, offsetting and toning at endpapers, else a tight, solid, very good copy).
Seller: Joe Maynard, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Andrew Lang. The True Story Book. Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1893.
Price: US$192.49 + shipping
Description: A very bright first edition of Andrew Lang's children's anthology, 'The True Story Book'. Illustrated, with numerous vignettes and full page illustrations by a variety of popular artists such as L Bogle, Lucien Davis, H J Ford, C H M Kerr and Lancelot Speed.Comprising over twenty stories including 'Casanova's Escape', 'Captain Snelgrave and the Pirates', 'The Escapes of Cervantes', 'Baron Trenck', 'The Kidnapping of the Princes', 'Adventures of Bartholomew Portugues a Pirate'.Professionally rebacked, with the original spine laid down.This was the first of four 'story books' created by Lang, who is best known for his colourful 'Fairy Book' series. The binding to this work matches the designs of the first edition fairy books. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally rebacked, with the original spine laid down. Boards preserved. Externally, generally smart with light bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$250.24 + shipping
Description: [Childrens illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 337; [1], blank; [1], advertisement; [1], blank. With numerous engraved illustrations by Ford, Speed and others. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to upper board, coated black endpapers, all edges gilt. Some spotting within, bookplate to pastedown, some overall handling to cloth. Very good. Stirring tales of Culloden, Rourke's Drift, Pirates, Red Indians, Kidnaps and Escapes.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$269.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Minor bumping to spine top and tail, previous owner inscript on first blank page and previous owner bookplate. Please see photos as part of condition report 1893 1st Edition , THE TRUE STORY BOOK By Andrew Lang Andrew Lang FBA (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him. Illustrated By: L. Bogle, Lucien Davis, H.J. Ford, C.H.M.Kerr and Lancelot Speed Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Longmans, Green and Co, London quarto (4to 9+1?2 × 12 241 × 305),Pages 337 ISBN: The True Story Book is the fifth in the series of Fairy Books by Andrew Lang. Contains 24 true stories, mainly drawn from European history, including: A Boy among the Red Indians; Casanova's Escape; Adventures on the Findhorn; Captain Snelgrave and the Pirates; Prince Charlie's Wanderings; The Story of Kaspar Hauser; The Tale of Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift; The Worthy Enterprise of John Foxe; The Adventure of John Rawlins; The Escape of Cæsar Borgia from the Castle of Medina del Campo; The Conquest of Montezuma's Empire, and more. SKU: BTETM0002208 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Seller: Books That Expand The Mind, Margate, KENT, United Kingdom
LANG, Andrew. The True Story Book. Longmans, London, 1893.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford, 12mo, rebound in full blue polished calf, ornately gilt spine, leather spine labels, a.e.g. London, Longmans, Green, 1893. First Edition. Very Good (+).
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Lang, Andrew. THE TRUE STORY BOOK. Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1893.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: No. 72 of 150 large paper copies. Quarto. xiv, (ii), 337p. Illustrated by L. Bogle, Lucien Davis, H. J. Ford, C. H. M. Kerr, and Lancelot Speed. Bound by Morrell in half dark green calf with cloth sides and marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and bands on and around the panels. Very tall copy with wide margins. Minor wear and a few small scrapes, VG, contents bright
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
Lang, Andrew, editor. The True Story Book. Longmans, Green and Co., New York, London, 1893.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Number 39 of 150 large paper copies printed of the first edition. Illustations by L. Bogle, Lucien Davis, H. J. Ford, Lancelot Speed and C. H. M. Kerr. 1 vols. Sm. folio. Large Paper Copy. Original cream paper-backed blue-grey boards, printed paper label. Some spotting and soiling of binding, endpapers and fore-edges, spine darkened, else a very good copy of this large paper edition from the collection of Henry Cabot Lodge with his bookplate Illustations by L. Bogle, Lucien Davis, H. J. Ford, Lancelot Speed and C. H. M. Kerr. 1 vols. Sm. folio Number 39 of 150 large paper copies printed of the first edition.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
LANG, Andrew. The True Story Book.. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893.
Price: US$538.97 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Half morocco, 7 1/2 inches tall. A superb late Victorian binding with gilt raised bands and extremely ornate and dense gilt tooling to the panels. Top edge gilt. Slight foxing to the preliminaries. A terrific example of the first edition of these rollicking tales of adventure.
Seller: McConnell Fine Books ABA & ILAB, Deal, KENT, United Kingdom