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Andrew Lang | First Editions
1844 - 1912
Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. Lang is now chiefly known for his publications on folklore, mythology, and religion, an interest stemming from early life.
Lang's Blue Fairy Book (1889) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales, which has become a classic. This was followed by many other collections of fairy tales, collectively known as Andrew Lang's Fairy Books - encompassing: The Blue Fairy Book (1889), The Red Fairy Book (1890), The Green Fairy Book (1892), The Yellow Fairy Book (1894), The Pink Fairy Book (1897), The Grey Fairy Book (1900), The Violet Fairy Book (1901), The Crimson Fairy Book (1903), The Brown Fairy Book (1904), The Orange Fairy Book (1906), The Olive Fairy Book (1907), and The Lilac Fairy Book (1910).
See below our stock of Andrew Lang First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
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Tales From Shakespeare. Including: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice, etc. By Charles and Mary Lamb. Illustrated by Robert Anning Bell, with a Preface by Andrew Lang.
New York: Truslove, Hanson and Comba, 1899. First Anning Bell Edition. 8vo. Publisher's white cloth titled and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt. Very good indeed, sharp and bright with minor wear to edges; ownership to first blank. In the scarce dustwrapper, toned to spine panel and with rectangle of... More about Tales From Shakespeare. Including: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's...
The Pink Fairy Book.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1897. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.x; 360. Publisher's gilt-pictorial pink cloth, all edges gilt, black endpapers. Light occasional spotting within; binding near fine but for some inevitable fading to the spine. More about The Pink Fairy Book
The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairy Land.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., no date [1884]. [Children's illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Slim quarto 25 x 19cm), pp.56. With engravings after drawings by Doyle to every page, many printed in colour, including the frontispiece and title page vignette. Publisher's illustrated paper covered boards, plain brown cloth spine, illustrated endpapers. Both... More about The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairy Land
The Red True Story Book.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 419; [1]. With 19 full page wood engraved plates including a frontispiece, and numerous further in-text engravings by Ford. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to upper board. Black endpapers;... More about The Red True Story Book
The Animal Story Book. With Numerous Illustrations by H.J. Ford.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1896. First Edition. 8vo. Bound in full tan calf by Bayntun of Bath with light brown title label and animals stamped in gilt to centre of compartments; gilt rule to baords, marbled end papers, all edges gilt. Slight rubbing to extremities; some sunning to spine... More about The Animal Story Book. With Numerous Illustrations by H.J. Ford
The Red Fairy Book. With Numerous Illustrations by H. J. Ford and Lancelot Speed.
London: Longmans, Green, and co., 1890. First Edition. Octavo. Bound in publisher's red cloth with a depiction of Jack fleeing the Giant in gilt to the front board, with gilt titles to spine; all edges gilt, brown endpapers. Binding is rubbed, corners and spine ends bumped and worn, front joint... More about The Red Fairy Book. With Numerous Illustrations by H. J. Ford and Lancelot Speed
The Poetry of Sport. With a Chapter on Classical Allusions to Sport by Andrew Lang, and a Special Preface to the Badminton Library by A. E. T. Watson.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1896. LIMITED LARGE PAPER EDITION. Quarto, pp.xl, 484. With frequent engravings and lithographic plates by Thorburn,, Davis, Brock et al. Number 60 of just 250 copies printed on large paper. In publisher's navy half morocco with gilt title to spine and orange cloth boards. Top... More about The Poetry of Sport. With a Chapter on Classical Allusions to Sport by Andrew Lang, and a Special...
The New Amphion. Being the Book of the Edinburgh University Union Fancy Fair, in which are contained sundry artistick, instructive, and diverting matters, all now made public for the first time.
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1886. [Miscellany] FINELY BOUND AND PRINTED. Duodecimo (13 x 8cm), pp.xvi; 240. With sixteen wood engravings by various artists. Publisher's vellum with fine gilt decoration all over, including title to spine, and the university arms to boards. Oxblood endpapers; all edges red; later green cloth ties. Internally... More about The New Amphion. Being the Book of the Edinburgh University Union Fancy Fair, in which are...
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