mrs lang ed (9 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1923. No Edition Remarks. 262 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Reprint. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with sunned spine. A slight tan to the page edges, and a previous owner's name on the first page. A good, clear copy within.

Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1900grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Easily Good condition set of four volumes bound as two, the India Paper Edition of the Poetical Works of Andrew Lang as edited by Mrs. Lang. With Sir W.B. Richmond's two fine black-and-white portraits of the poet at frontises, tissue-protected. Bound quite handsomely in publisher's original blue cloth bindings, sharp and distinct gilt border decorations to covers, gilt lettering to spines. Bookplates to front pastedowns of both volumes, some tape-removal shadowing present, toning recto to bookplates. All edges gilt, quite finely. Printed dust jackets present, moderately worn and soiled, a bit of sunning to spines, a bit of chipping to edges, but protected in plastic jackets that have done their jobs. Plentiful poems about Oxford, St. Andrews and Scotland; Loyal Lyrics; Deeds of Men; Hesperothen; poems about books; poems about his friends; childhood; marriage; adulthood; sonnets, translations, reviews; games; myths; sport; folklore; art; portraiture; etc. Internally, the volumes are quite tightly bound, clean and unmarked. Some offsetting due to the bookplates. Volumes I-II: xv, 11-261 pp.; Volumes III-IV: viii [1], 4-231 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Zustand: Good. First Edition. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Boards faded. Lacking fep. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xiv, 312pp. B/w fronti splte of Andrew Lang; 12 colour plates; numerous b/w plates. Red hardback cloth cover with gilt design and titles.

Zustand: Good. 1908. No edition remarks. 361 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards with gilt design and lettering. Gilt edges to textblock. Black and white line drawings and colour and black and white plates by H.J. Ford. Colour frontispiece with tissue guard. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some mild cracking to gutters. Binding slightly loose. Small bookshop label to rear pastedown and dedication to front free endpaper. A small tear to page 39. Tissue guard detaching at top. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning, particularly to spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Some additional mild marks and staining.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. A. Wallis Mills (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this children's story collection on historical 'heroes', illustrated with colour plates throughout. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth with illustrative gilt and illustrated endpapers.With eight coloured plates, including a frontispiece, and seventeen monochrome plates. Collated complete.A wonderful collection of stories based on prominent historical figures. Stories include 'The Lady-in-Chief' about Florence Nightingale, 'Prisoners and Captives' about John Howard and 'A Child's Hero' about Henry Havelock.Written by Leonora Blanche Alleyne, an English writer, editor and translator best known for her collaborative 'Fairy Books' series with her husband, Andrew Lang.With three pages of advertisements to the beginning of the work. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart with slight wear to the extremities and bumping to the head and tail of spine. Marks and handling marks to the boards, heaviest to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. A. Wallis Mills (illustrator). First edition. A wonderful first edition copy of this biographical book for children, which contains information on various historical 'heroes', with vivid colour plates by A. Wallis Mills. First Edition.Illustrations include one colour frontispiece, six colour plates, seventeen black-and-white plates, and twenty-three in-text illustrations. These were all drawn by Arthur Wallis Mills (1878-1940), a British artist who often contributed to 'Punch Magazine', and illustrated different works by Jane Austen and P. G. Wodehouse.This is a lovely children's work which contains stories about various important historical figures. Contents include 'The Lady-in-Chief', 'Hannibal', 'The Marquis of Montrose', and 'Palissy the Potter'.Written by Leonora Blanche Alleyne (1851-1933), an English author, editor, and translator. She helped to write 'The Fairy Books' with her husband Andrew Lang, between 1889 and 1913.Edited by Andrew Lang (1844-1912), a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic. His contributions within the field of anthropology are well-remembered at the University of St Andrews, where he studied, with a lecture series named after him. The most famous lecture from within the series, titled 'Fairy Stories', was given by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1939.With three pages of publisher's adverts to front of text.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Light wear to the extremities with bumping to head and tail of spine. Fading to the spine and the margins of boards, with a few marks. Endpapers are lightly age-toned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout, with light age-toning to margins of text. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Complete with numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.