Search Results: Books by lang andrew leonora

Independently published, 2020-05-30. Paperback. Used: Good.

Independently published, 2020-05-30. Paperback. Used:Good.

St. Augustine Academy Press, 2012-06-15. Paperback. Used:Good.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

St. Augustine Academy Press, 2012-06-15. Paperback. Used: Good.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

Longmans, Green and Co, 1927. Hardcover. Good. A collection predominantly of Arthurian tales, with a few other classic heroes including Robin Hood, Roland, and others. Most retold by Leonora Lang, with the story of Grettir the Strong retold by Everard. This collection originally published 1902, this copy is a 1927 printing. Navy cloth with yellow titling and decoration, about good; soiled to top of rear hinge, light edgewear. Early binding repair, with cloth reinforcement at inner hinges. Binding sound. No jacket. Blue speckled page edges. Gift inscription to previous owner neatly inked to FFEP, dated Christmas 1935. Interior else clean, pages toned, text unmarked. With numerous black and white illustrations and eight color plates by H. J. Ford, all present.

BiblioBazaar, 2009-11-24. Paperback. Good.

London: Longmans, Green and Co. , 1938. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". H. J. Ford . A smart new impression of this collection of legendary tales by Mrs. Lang, with illustrations by H. J. Ford. New impression of this work, originally published in 1912. Collection of tales telling of saints fighting dragons and troubled beasts, reflective of profound spiritual truths. Written by Leonora Blanche "Nora" Lang, English author and editor, known for her collaboration for The Fairy Books published with her husband Andrew Lang. This book was edited by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H. J. Ford with coloured as well as black and white full page plates. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to fore edge, affecting only first few leaves, otherwise pages bright and clean. Very Good

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1894. Near fine.. Third edition of this collection of adventure stories, translated and adapted for children by a variety of primarily women authors, selected by Andrew Lang. These true tales of adventure include Casanova's escape from the Doge's palace, Leif Erikson's voyage to North America, and Cervantes's escape from corsairs. Typical for Lang's edited collections, the work to adapt and translate these stories has primarily been accomplished by women with whom he worked, duly credited in the preface, though not the title page. This is a gorgeous copy of a title highly sought for its pictorial cloth binding. 7.25'' x 4.75''. Original blue pictorial cloth elaborately stamped in gilt. All edges gilt, black coated endpapers. Illustrated in black and white throughout by various artists, including tissue-guarded frontispiece by H.J. Ford. One page of ads at rear. xvi, 337, [3] pages. Faint evidence of erasure mark on front fly leaf; ink gift inscription dated… Read More

London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green and Co., 1909. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". A. Wallis Mills. 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,… Read More

Philadelphia: Macrae Smith, 1920. Very good plus.. Early 20th century US edition of this classic book of fairy tales with a different binding style than the first edition, still elaborately designed for a gift audience. Andrew Lang is considered the fairytale taste-maker of late 19th and early 20th century British nurseries, with his color fairy book series leading the charge. Stories in this volume include "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Rapunzel," "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," and "The Story of Sigurd" (from Morris's translation of the Volsunga Saga). Typical for Lang's edited collections, the work to adapt and translate these stories has primarily been accomplished by others with whom he worked (often women), duly credited in the preface, though not the title page. This edition was issued in the Washington Square Classics series, a US marketing effort at reissuing well-known titles in beautiful gift editions in the 1910s and 1920s. 7.5'' x 5.5''. Original gilt-stamped navy color, pictorial… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1905. Very Good. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. First Edition. Octavo. 372 pp. Eight color plates including frontispiece with tissue guard; numerous additional black and white illustrations. Half-bound in red morocco; five raised bands, gilt decoration, and green title label to spine; top edge gilt; new marbled endpapers. Recent repair to joints; light wear to extremities and spine. Binding is sound. Toning to edges of text block though interior unmarked and legible throughout. A Very Good copy in an attractive binding. Part of Lang's Fairy Book Series, these stories being stories of medieval chivalry retold for children.

London: Longmans, Green, 1905. ~Original red cloth, elaborate gilt illus of knight, princess, and dragon to front board; gilt lettering and gilt vignette of knight and princess to spine. Spine slightly faded and gilt to spine somewhat dulled. Tiny faint splash marks to front board, but front board unfaded and gilt fresh. Minor wear to base and top of spine and to board corners; spine very slightly cocked. All edges gilt. 8vo (13.5 x 18.8cm). Hinges sound. Endpapers illustrated in red on cream (charming sequential scenes, showing the prelude to and aftermath of an encounter between two knights over a lady on front and rear endpapers respectively). Front endpaper just barely starting at gutter (less than half centimetre). 8 full-page colour plates, inc. frontis with tissue guard, 28 full-page b/w plates, and 16 in-text illus, as called for, all by Henry Justice Ford, the illustrator for all Lang's fairy and romance books. As per Andrew Lang's introduction, '(a)ll the stories in this book… Read More

Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1894. FIRST EDITION, first impression. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). xvi, 321pp, 2pp publishers adverts at end. Illustrated with frontis and 22 full page mono plates and scores of smaller illustrations throughout the text by Ford. Publishers decorated yellow cloth binding with gilt illustration to the front board and spine, which is also lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Black coated endpapers. A bright, clean better than very good copy internally. A nice tight copy with a very good binding showing some stains to the cloth but the gilt still vibrant and sharp. A superior copy of the fourth of Lang's colour Fairy books.

London & New York: Longmans, Green, 1892. First, Limited Edition & Large-Paper Edition. Hardcover. Good. Small quarto, 366 pages, deckle-edges, boards, rebacked with paper, paper label on spine. Copy no. 18 of only 150 in large-paper. Black-and-white illustrations by H. J. Ford. This is the 3rd book in this series, and Lang promised no more in his Introduction; but that promise was to be broken many times. This volume includes "The Story of the Three Bears": this is the first variant of the tale in which the human visitor is an old woman. Here are other tales from French, Spanish, and Chinese sources. Here also is a different version of "The Three Little Pigs". It is known that J.R.R. Tolkien had read and commented upon this book, so he must have known "The Enchanted Watch" and "The Enchanted Ring", at least one of which may have given JRRT some ideas.

Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1889. FIRST EDITION, first impression. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). viii, 390pp, 16pp publishers adverts at end dated August 1889. Illustrated with 8 full page mono plates and scores of smaller illustrations throughout the text by Ford, G. P. Jacomb-Hood and Lancelot Speed. Publishers decorated dark blue cloth binding with gilt illustration to the front board and spine, which is also lettered in gilt. The book has been professionally re-cased and has new plain white endpapers. All edges gilt. Some marks and spots to a few pages but overall this is a very good copy internally with the binding showing some wear and minor chipping to the extremities, particularly the top of the spine. Overall a near to very good copy of the first of Lang's colour Fairy books.