1904 1st THE BROWN FAIRY BOOK Andrew Lang w 29 PLATES, FREE EXPRESS W/WIDE
$ 92.71
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Express Shipping Worldwide is Free The Brown Fairy Book By Andrew Lang Illustrated by Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford Published by Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1904 First Edition With seven (the plate opposite page 128 is not present) full page colour plates, 22 full page black and white plates, and numerous in text illustrations. Henry Justice Ford , a noted English illustrator who is best known for his beautiful illustrations for Lang's works. The frontispiece tissue guard is intact. The Brown Fairy Book contains stories from the American Indians, Australian Bushmen and African Sothos, and from Persia, Lapland, Brazil, and India. The stories are: "What the Rose did to the Cypress" "Ball-Carrier and the Bad One" "How Ball-Carrier finished his Task" "The Bunyip" "Father Grumbler" "The Story of the Yara" "The Cunning Hare" "The Turtle and his Bride" "How Geirald the Coward was Punished" "Habogi" "How the Little Brother set Free his Big Brothers" "The Sacred Milk of Koumongoe" "The Wicked Wolverine" "The Husband of the Rat's Daughter" "The Mermaid and the Boy" "Pivi and Kabo" "The Elf Maiden" "How Some Wild Animals became Tame Ones" "Fortune and the Wood-Cutter" "The Enchanted Head" "The Sister of the Sun" "The Prince and the Three Fates" "The Fox and the Lapp" "Kisa the Cat" "The Lion and the Cat" "Which was the Foolishest?" "Asmund and Signy" "Rübezahl" "Story of the King who would be Stronger than Fate" "Story of Wali Dad the Simple-hearted" "Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey" "The Knights of the Fish" In reddish/brown pictorial hardcover with decorations in gilt to the front cover and to the spine, in 350 pages, with all page edges gilt. There is light shelfwear. There is no foxing. There is a small neat previous owner's name to the half-title page. There is a slight give to the front hinge. There are few spots where the binding is visible in the gutter but has no impact on the integrity of the volume. Further condition details: - Page 49 - there a couple of marks including to the in-text illustration. - Page 58/59 and page 204/205 - there two narrow lines of rust marks occupying about half of the vertical blank margin. - Page 145 - right blank margin has a small light smudge mark. - Page 204/205 - there are a few light marks to the top centre at the gutter in the blank margin. - Page 216 - there is a small mark the top of the page. - Page 256/257, 258/259, 260/261, 268/269 - there are a few very small round dot like marks in the gutter blank margin. -Page 304 - a short closed tear to the bottom of the right blank margin. There are no loose pages. The binding and block are fine. Measures 12.5cm x 19cm. Express Shipping Worldwide is Free All items are securely and well packed. Thank you for viewing my item.
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