Blue Fairy Book (Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics: Children’s Edition) - Couverture rigide

Lang, Andrew

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1435142845 ISBN 13 : 9781435142848

Editeur : Barnes & Noble Books, 2013

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Lang was born in Selkirk. He was the eldest of the eight children born to John Lang, the town clerk of Selkirk, and his wife Jane Plenderleath Sellar, who was the daughter of Patrick Sellar, factor to the first duke of Sutherland. On 17 April 1875, he married Leonora Blanche Alleyne, youngest daughter of C. T. Alleyne of Clifton and Barbados. She was (or should have been) variously credited as author, collaborator, or translator of Lang's Color/Rainbow Fairy Books which he edited.
He was educated at Selkirk Grammar School, Loretto, and at the Edinburgh Academy, St Andrews University and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he took a first class in the final classical schools in 1868, becoming a fellow and subsequently honorary fellow of Merton College. He soon made a reputation as one of the most able and versatile writers of the day as a journalist, poet, critic, and historian. In 1906, he was elected FBA.
He died of angina pectoris at the Tor-na-Coille Hotel in Banchory, Banchory, survived by his wife. He was buried in the cathedral precincts at St Andrews, where a monument can be visited in the south-east corner of the 19th century section.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A beautiful collection of fairy tales, including Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel and Puss in Boots, and lesser-known tales such as the Yellow Dwarf, Toads and Diamonds and the Princess on the Glass Hill. Sure to enchant children, this is an exquisite full-colour leather-bound edition featuring a satin-ribbon bookmark, distinctive stained edging and decorative endpapers. With illustrations by H. J. Ford and P. Jacomb Hood, this is a book that will be cherished by readers of all ages.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Barnes & Noble Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1435142845
• ISBN 13: 9781435142848
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 440