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Verlag: The Big Type Library, New York, 1930
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Verlag: Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1922., 1922
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In den WarenkorbZustand: Good. First edition copy. . Spine starting. Small tear on front cover. (Literature, French Fiction, Fiction, translation to English).
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp / ???? ?? ??: Tranzlaty English ???
Gallane, Antoine (Author)/ Tranzlaty (Translator)/ Lang, Andrew (Editor)
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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 49 pages. Welsh language. 5.00x0.13x8.00 inches. In Stock.
Verlag: Thomas Mosher, Portland, 1896
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Second edition thus. 88 pages. 18 x 10 1/2 cm. Limited edition one of 925 copies printed on Japanese vellum. Frontispiece. Bright, clean copy. Orig. decorated wrappers, yapp edges. Near fine.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, Maine, 1895
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Limited to 925 copies on Van Gelder paper,… this is a direct reprint of the 1887 edition. The original etched title page, (with a curious error in its date) and three woodcut designs, by Jacomb Hood, are also reproduced in the old world edition. Vellum spine with paper label, pale green paper over boards, covers extend beyond fore-edges to enclose the pages completely; deckle edges. Spine soiled a little, covers lightly soiled where handled. Otherwise near fine. In a slipcase which is Fair. Illustrator: Hood, Jacoomb. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 6 oz. Category: Fiction Classic & Modern; Books; Picture 2: title page. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001134. Hood, Jacoomb. (illustrator).
Weitere BilderThe Miracles of Madame Saint Katherine of Fierbois. Translated from the edition of the Abbe J. J. Bourasse, Tours, 1858
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) (translator): Selwyn Image (woodcuts)
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: David Nutt, London, 1897
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Number 82 0f 350 copies printed for the UK market (350 were also printed for the US market) on hand-made paper. 152 pages. Title printed in red and black, illustrated chapter headings and other small woodcut illustrations by Selwyn Image. Nice bookplate of Roy Stanley Jones on pastedow…n, also ex-libris of Dr Alan Gauld. Original vellum backed grey paper covered boards, spine a bit darkened, light spotting to board, but internally very clean and fresh, binding sound. Andrew Lang was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, historian, and folklorist renowned for his collections of folk and fairy tales and translations of Homer.
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Ex-library hardback, no D/J, usual stamps and markings. Published in 1972 by Kennikat Press, Port Washington, NY. Boards a little grubby, small marks to a couple of pages but otherwise a good, clean copy. Ready for immediate dispatch from UK. 22C*.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Longmans, Green, and Company, London, 1896
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In den WarenkorbCloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A first edition third impression of The Monk of Fife, illustrated by the noteworthy Selwyn Image. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front free end paper. 4 full page engravings, and illustrations in the text, by the important British artist Selwyn Image (1…849-1930). This work details the adventures of a young Scot in France with Joan of Arc. Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a poet, novelist, and literary critic, best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, with some bumping to the boards, extremities and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are clean, except for the occasional spot, and some offsetting to the end papers. Very Good. Selwyn Image (illustrator). book.
The Most Pleasant and Delectable Tale of the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche
Lucius Madaurensis Apuleius; William Adlington [Translator]; Andrew Lang [Preface]
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: David Nutt, 1887
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited Edition. Limited edition of just 550 copies. Full vellum hardback with gilt lettering and gilt rules. Showing well, sharp corners, no splits. Contents clean and tidy, just showing a couple of labels at the endpaper. Size: 195mm x 130mm; collation: pp. lxxxvi; 65. Illustrated. Scarce.
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In den WarenkorbThe 7th book in the 2nd series, this being #206 of 1500 copies. Signed by the illustrator Vojteck Preissig. Translated with an introduction by Andrew Lang. Printed and bound by The State Printing Office of Czechoslovakia. Hand-set in Preissig Antiqua (First use) on Zanders special hand-made paper. Bound in full tan silk, 80 page…s. VG+ book showing some wear to spine. Original DJ, missing spine section in a very good slipcase Print info from 1985 Bibliography and Snyman - Grossman LEC Checklist #19. Signed.
AUCASSIN & NICOLETE [signed by illustrator]
Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 [translator] ; Preissig, Vojt?ch [illustrator]
Verlag: Limited Editions Club, New York, 1931
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. dj. Limited edition, 1095/1500. Octavo, 77 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket in a Good minus slipcase. Slipcase in brown paper; tear to bottom edge, wear to corners. Spine is tan with black print. Dust jacket in mylar; toning to spine, slight edge wear. Boards in cream cloth, multicolor decoration.… Text block has deckle edges; penciled numbers on front flyleaf. Illustrated: color. Signed in ink by the illustrator on the limited edition page. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Netdesk Column QB (ND-QB). 1410207. FP New Rockville Stock. Signed.
Verlag: Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, ME, 1903
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In den WarenkorbStiff boards. Zustand: Very good. xxiii, [1], 65, [9] pages. Notes. Appendix. One of the publisher's Old World Series. Cover is seven inches by 4 and a quarter inches. Interior is seven inches by about 4 inches. The present edition is a direct reprint of that very scarce little volume Aucassin & Nicolete Done into English by And…rew Lang, London, 1887 published by Davis Nutt in the Strand). This Old World edition of Aucassin and Nicolete would be incomplete without Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman's finely wrought translation of the best known passage of this antique story. It originally appeared in A Masque of Poets, (Boston, 1878) and hand not been included in his collected works. Andrew Lang (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. Aucassin et Nicolette (12th or 13th century) is an anonymous medieval French chantefable, or combination of prose and verse (literally, a "sung story", similar to a prosimetrum). The work probably dates from the late 12th or early 13th century, and is known from only one surviving manuscript, discovered in 1752 by medievalist Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye (BnF, Fonds Français 2168). Stylistically, the chantefable combines elements of many Old French genres, such as the chanson de geste (e.g., The Song of Roland), lyric poems, and courtly novels-literary forms already well-established by the 12th century. It is the only known chantefable, and thus from this work the term chantefable is coined from the concluding lines: "No cantefable prent fin" ("Our chantefable is drawing to a close"). The story begins with a song which serves as prologue; and then prose takes up the narrative. It recounts the tale of Aucassin, son of Count Garin of Beaucaire, who so loved Nicolette, a Saracen maiden, who had been sold to the Viscount of Beaucaire, baptized and adopted by him, that he had forsaken knighthood and chivalry and even refused to defend his father's territories from enemies. Accordingly, his father ordered the Viscount to send Nicolette away, but instead the Viscount locked her in a tower of his palace. Aucassin is imprisoned by his father to prevent him from going after his beloved Nicolette. But Nicolette escapes, hears Aucassin lamenting in his cell, and comforts him with sweet words. She flees to the forest outside the gates, and there, in order to test Aucassin's fidelity, builds a rustic home to await his arrival. When he is released from prison Aucassin hears from shepherd lads of Nicolette's hiding-place, and seeks her bower. The lovers, united, resolve to leave the country. They board a ship and are driven to the (fictional) kingdom of "Torelore", whose king they find in child-bed while the queen is with the army. After a three years' stay in Torelore they are captured by Saracen pirates and separated. The wind blows Aucassin's boat back to Beaucaire - where he succeeds to Garin's estate. Meanwhile another wind carries Nicolette to "Cartage" (perhaps a play on Carthage or Cartagena). The sight of the city reminds her that she is the daughter of its king. She informs the king and soon it is planned that she should marry a Saracen king. She avoids this by disguising herself as a minstrel. She then sets sail for Beaucaire to rejoin her beloved Aucassin. There, before Aucassin who does not immediately recognize her, she sings of her own adventures and the love between them. Finally, in due time she makes herself known to him, and the two marry. The story ends by saying that now the two have found (lasting) happiness the narrator has nothing left to say. Sixth Edition (Limited, consisting of 925 copies).
Verlag: Macmillan and Co. and New York, London, 1889
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In den WarenkorbOne of 250 Large Paper copies of the second edition. Title coin vignette on china. 1 vols. 8vo. NCBEL 3: 1441. Large Paper. NCBEL 3: 1441 Original dark blue cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, gilt rules on covers. Some light rubbing of cloth, light offsetting from tissue onto title, else a very good copy from the library C…harles Bain Hoyt with bookplate Title coin vignette on china. 1 vols. 8vo One of 250 Large Paper copies of the second edition.
NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS [Two volumes] [Signed by illustrator]
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 [author]; Haynes, Jessie [translator]; Lang, Andrew [introduction]; Masereel, Frans, 1889-1972 [illustrator]
Verlag: Printed by R. Coulouma for the Members of The Limited Editions Club, Paris, 1930
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In den WarenkorbSoftcover. Limited edition 811/1500. Octavo, Two volumes in portfolio and slipcase (xxix, 308 ; 376 pages). In Good minus condition with a Good minus portfolio inside a Fair slipcase. Slipcase and portfolio in green marbled paper. Slipcase has edge wear, with long tear to top edge. Portfolio has title label on spine, wear to hin…ges, toning to spine, spotting to interior. Spine is green with black print on title label. Dust jackets wrapped in cellophane. Text blocks have spotting to edges, deckle edges, large owner stamp on front endpapers, intermittent spine breaks. Illustrated with b&w frontispieces and plates. Signed ink ink by the illustrator on the limited edition page. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Column C. 1372052. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Weitere BilderVerlag: Chicago & London; Way and Williams / David Nutt, 1897., 1897
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In den WarenkorbHard Cover. LIMITED EDITION: No 29 of only 50 copies on Japan paper. Octavo, pp. 152. Decorative title page, head- and tail-pieces and initials by Selwyn Image. Scarlet stiff vellum paper wraps, yapp edges and gilt titles to spine. Spine very slightly sunned; boards very lightly surface soiled and faintly creased. Printed bookpl…ate of Paul H Kelly to front paste-down; no annotation or inscriptions. A Very Good copy. Translated from the edition of the Abbe J.J. Bourasse, Tours, 1858.
Weitere BilderThe Idyls of Theocritus and The Idyls of Bion & Moschus. First edition with the W. Russell Flint illustrations.
Theocritus; Moschus of Sicily; Bion of Smyrna, authors ; Andrew Lang (Translator), W. Russell Flint, artist; Edith M. Engall;, designer.
Verlag: London:The Medici Society Ltd., 1922
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In den WarenkorbZustand: Good. 2 volumes. [36], 92, [4] pp & [x], 28, [4] pp. 20 mounted color plates by W. Russell Flint with printed tissue guards. (4to) original linen-backed pale blue boards, paper labels on spines and covers, top edges gilt, printed dust jackets. No. 160 of 500 copies.Original set on Riccardi hand-made paper. Gotham Book M…art ticket to volume 1 rear pastedown.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:328106379: Each volume has a separate title page.Collation: v.1: xxxv, 92 p., 1 l., 15 leaves of plates (col. & mounted) incl. front. v.2: xii, 28 p. 1 l., 5 leaves of plates (col. & mounted) incl. front."Of this Edition of Theocritus, Bion and Moschus, have been printed in the Riccardi Fount on handmake Riccardi Paper 500 copies; upon Vellum 12 copies, of which 10 are for sale. In two volumes."--v.1, prelim."Of the engraved Title-page, the lettering has been designed by Edith M. Engall, and the central ornament by W. Russell Flint."--v.1, prelim Plates accompanied by guard-sheets with explanatory letter-press printed in redRiccardi Press printing device on one of the last fly-leaves; Riccardi Press watermark also visible on same page.Condition:Jacket spine and edges sunned, some tape repairs, volume paper labels foxing, light shelfwear; some rare minor foxing in volume; near fine in good jackets.
Verlag: Medici Society, London and Boston, 1924
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Good. 315 pages. No. 155 of 530 copies. cream cloth boards unmarked. endpapers tanned. rough cut text edge show some foxing. publisher's prospectus tipped in.A substantial, impressive volume, in bevelled lin en boards measuring 11.5 x 9.5. With gilt moroccan labels on the spine. Top Edges Gilded. Text on hand…made watermarked laid English paper with deckle edges. Sharp, crisp lithographs protected by captioned tissue guards. Text printed on creamy paper, clean and attractive. Russell Flint was born in Edinburgh on 4 Apr il 1880 and was educated at Daniel Stewart's College and then Edinburgh Institut ion.[2] From 1894 to 1900 Flint was apprenticed as a lithographic draughtsman wh ile taking classes at the Royal Institute of Art, Edinburgh.[3] From 1900 to 190 2 he worked as a medical illustrator in London while studying part-time at the H eatherley School of Fine Art.[4] He furthered his art education by studying inde pendently at the British Museum. He was an artist for The Illustrated London New s from 1903 to 1907, and produced illustrations for editions of several books, i ncluding H Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines (1907 edition),[5] W. S. Gilbert 's Savoy Operas (1909),[6] Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur (1910 1911)[7] and Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (1912). W. Russell Flint (illustrator).
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In den WarenkorbLondon: David Nutt. 1887. 8vo. Contemporary red crushed morocco by Riviere & Son (ticket to front free endpaper) with publisher's illustrated wrappers printed in red and black bound at end, spine lettered directly in gilt, raised bands, turn-ins richly roll-tooled in gilt, top-edge gilt, other edges uncut; pp. [4], xx, 70, [2],…with engraved frontispiece signed 'P. J.-Hood; text printed in red and black; extremities gently rubbed; the odd mark, else an excellent copy.First edition, one of 550 copies (of which 500 for sale) on Japanese paper, of this translation of this French medieval romance by Andrew Lang, author of The Lang's Fairy Books (including The Blue Fairy Book), this copy in a fine contemporary binding.Written in Old French by an anonymous author in the late twelfth or early thirteenth century, Aucassin and Nicolette is the only known example of a chantefable (literally 'sung story'), a hybrid form combining prose and verse. The text survives in a single manuscript, discovered and published in 1752 by French medievalist Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye. A playful parody of the medieval romance, it recounts the tale of Aucassin, son of Count Garin of Beaucaire, whose love for Nicolette, a Saracen captive raised as a daughter by one of the count's vassals, leads him to forsake chivalry and even to refuse to defend his father's lands against attack.Scottish anthropologist, classicist, and historian Andrew Lang (1844-1912), collector of folk stories and fairy tales, is perhaps best known for the Langs' Fairy Books (also called Andrew Lang's 'Coloured' Fairy Books), twelve collections of fairy tales produced in collaboration with his wife, Leonora Blanche Lang. This translation of Aucassin and Nicolette appeared in the same year as that of the English poet and translator Francis William Bourdillon (1852-1921), published by Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. Lang's rendering was particularly admired by Ezra Pound, who remarked that 'Lang was born in order that he might translate it perfectly [.] bringing into his English all the gay, sunlit charm of the original.' (p. 84).The wonderful engraved frontispiece is the work of George Percy Jacomb-Hood (1857-1929), who was, with Walter Crane, the illustrator of Wilde's 1888 The Happy Prince and Other Tales; he sent Wilde a copy of the present work (see Wilde's autograph letter to Jacomb-Hood, Sotheby's, 29 October 2004, lot 32).See Pound, Spirit of Romance (1910).
