lang andrew editor leonora blanche (8 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 61 pages. 5.00x0.14x8.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 49 pages. Welsh language. 5.00x0.13x8.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Etat : Good. Ford, H J (illustrateur).

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Ford, H. J. (illustrateur). Original publisher's dark blue cloth binding. Gilt lettering and gilt decoration of a dancing bear on spine. Beautiful gilt decoration of a lion standing upon the rocks, gazing up at the night sky, on front cover. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 400 pages, complete. Many black-and-white plates and in-text illustrations, complete. List of Illustrations in front. Illustrations by Henry J. Ford. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for a faint dampstain limited to top edges, light age toning, and very occasional marks. Covers are virtually pristine and intact except for light wear to extremities. Binding is tight. A Near Fine copy. This is the Animal Story Book, a collection of animal stories that span fact and fiction. Numerous animal stories, which span fact and fiction, are included herein. Most, if not all, of the tales feature animals as the main protagonists or main subjects. These stories were gathered by Andrew Lang (1844-1912), a Scottish author and literary critic. In his Preface, Andrew credits the many contributors who worked on this book. One of those contributors is his wife, Leonora Blanche Lang (nee Alleyene; 1851-1933), an English author, editor, and translator who collaborated with her husband on the Fairy Books series from 1889-1913 in those various capacities. Leonora and a group of other writers authored the stories herein by translating and adapting them from their original sources from a variety of cultures. Andrew credits Leonora for writing most of the stories in this volume.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Ford, H. J. (illustrateur). 1st Edition. First Edition. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering and gilt decoration of a knight and maiden on spine. Gilt decoration on front cover shows a knight saving a woman from a dragon. All edges gilt. Illustrated endpapers. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 372 pages, complete. Eight color plates, complete. Many black-and-white plates and in-text illustrations by H. J. Ford, complete. List of Illustrations (denoting Plates and Illustrations in Text) in front. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning, small occasional marks or stains, and slight wear to edges of text block. Covers are clean and intact overall but have browning along spine, splitting along front and back outer joints, a few small marks, and chipping at head and tail of spine. A Very Good copy. A collection of romances, which are fairy tales written in a specific tradition, gathered by Andrew Lang (1844-1912), a Scottish author and literary critic. In his Preface, Andrew briefly describes what the definition of romance is and also credits his wife, Leonora Blanche Lang (nee Alleyne; 1851-1933), as having written all of the fairy tales herein which are based on the "old romances." Leonora was an English author, editor, and translator and collaborated with her husband on the Fairy Books series from 1889-1913 in those various capacities. Notably, while Andrew became famous for the Fairy Books series, most of them were written, translated, and edited by Leonora and a small group of other writers, most of whom were women. Their process was to adapt old fairy tales into English translations written in a style that was more palatable to a contemporary audience. Presented herein are many romances. The titles of the romances are as follows: "How William of Palermo was carried off by the Werwolf," "The Disenchantment of the Werwolf," "The Slaying of Hallgerda's Husbands," "The Death of Gunnar," "Njal's Burning," "The Lady of Solace," "Una and the Lion," "How the Red Cross Knight slew the Dragon," "Amys and Amyle," "The Tale of the Cid," "The Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance," "The Adventure of the Two Armes who turned out to be Flocks of Sheep," "The Adventure of the Bobbing Lights," "The Helmet of Mambrino," "How Don Quixote was Enchanted while guarding the Castle," "Don Quixote's Home-coming," "The Meeting of Huon and Oberon, King of the Fairies," "How Oberon saved Huon," "Havelok and Goldborough," "Cupid and Psyche," "Sir Bevis the Strong," "Ogier the Dane," "How the Ass became a Man again," "Guy of Warwick," "How Bradamante conquered the Wizard," "The Ring of Bradamante," "The Fulfilling of the Prophecy," "The Knight of the Sun," and "How the Knight of the Sun rescued his Father.".

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Ford, H. J. (illustrateur). 1st Edition. First Edition. Original publisher's orange cloth binding. Gilt lettering and small gilt decoration of a fairy on spine. Gilt decoration on front cover shows a scene where many fairies push away the clouds to reveal the sun. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 358 pages, complete. Eight color plates and many black-and-white plates and in-text illustrations, complete. List of Illustrations in front. Illustrations by Henry J. Ford. Pages are very clean and intact overall but one leaf (Pages 73 and 74) was completely torn along the gutter but has been repaired with a few pieces of tape and there are occasional marks and stains and a former owner's ink inscription on front free endpaper dated 1908 on front pastedown. Covers are clean and intact overall but have moderate darkening and slight wear to extremities. Binding is shaken and has a lean toward the fore-edge but is still strong and holding. A Very Good copy. This is the Orange Fairy Book, another installment in the Fairy Book series by Andrew Lang (1844-1912), a Scottish author and literary critic. His Fairy Books are collections of fairy tales that were adapted from their original sources from a variety of cultures. In his Preface, Andrew credits the many contributors who worked on this book. One of those contributors is his wife, Leonora Blanche Lang (nee Alleyne; 1851-1933), an English author, editor, and translator who collaborated with her husband on the Fairy Books series from 1889-1913 in those various capacities. Notably, while Andrew became famous for the Fairy Books series, most of them were written, translated, and edited by Leonora and a small group of other writers, most of whom were women. Andrew writes that Leonora wrote most of the stories in this volume. The following are the titles of the fairy tales herein: "The Story of the Hero Makoma," "The Magic Mirror," "Story of the King who would see Paradise," "How Isuro the Rabbit tricked Gudu," "Ian, the Soldier's Son," "The Fox and the Wolf," "How Ian Direach got the Blue Falcon," "The Ugly Duckling," "The Two Caskets," "The Goldsmith's Fortune," "The Enchanted Wreath," "The Foolish Weaver," "The Clever Cat," "The Story of Manus," "Pinkel the Thief," "The Adventures of a Jackal," "The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son," "The Adventures of the Younger Son of the Jackal," "The Three Treasures of the Giants," "The Rover of the Plain," "The White Doe," "The Girl-Fish," "The Owl and the Eagle," "The Frog and the Lion Fairy," "The Adventures of Covan the Brown-haired," "The Princess Bella-Flor," "The Bird of Truth," "The Mink and the Wolf," "Adventures of an Indian Brave," "How the Stalos were Tricked," "Andras Baive," "The White Slipper," and "The Magic Book.".

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Ford, H. J. (illustrateur). 1st Edition. First Edition. Beautiful Fine full yellow leather binding by Period Binders, Bath, England. Gilt lettering on black leather spine labels and small gilt decorations on spine. All edges gilt. Small gilt decorations on edges and inside edges of covers. Original front and back covers and original spine bound in on back pages (original covers and spine are cloth and original front cover features a gilt decoration of a fairy). 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 321 pages, complete. Many black-and-white plates and in-text illustrations by H. J. Ford, complete. List of Illustrations (denoting Plates and Woodcuts in Text) in front. Two additional pages in back advertise other books. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light to moderate foxing and small occasional marks or stains. Covers are virtually pristine and intact except for a few shallow surface marks. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. A collection of fairy tales gathered by Andrew Lang (1844-1912), a Scottish author and literary critic. In his Preface, Lang notes that this Yellow Fairy Book is the fourth in his fairy tale series following the Blue, Red, and Green Fairy Books. In response to his critics, he humorously quips that he has no regrets in publishing yet another Fairy Book for his "jury" of children readers have spoken and voiced their approval of the series. Presented herein are many fairy tales taken from a variety of sources. A sampling of the tales include six brothers who are turned into swans, witches who plot dastardly plans, valiant princes and princesses in distress, a hunter who encounters magical cabbage, an Indigenous boy who meets an otherworldly fate after being abandoned by his siblings, and a prince who seeks to rescue the Flower Queen's daughter from dragons in a golden castle. Andrew also credits his wife, Leonora Blanche Lang (nee Alleyne; 1851-1933), and a team of other authors and translators, as having written all of the fairy tales herein which are based on old sources from a variety of cultures. Leonora was an English author, editor, and translator and collaborated with her husband on the Fairy Books series from 1889-1913 in those various capacities. Notably, while Andrew became famous for the Fairy Books series, most of them were written, translated, and edited by Leonora and a small group of other writers, most of whom were women. Their process was to adapt old fairy tales into English translations written in a style that was more palatable to a contemporary audience.

Hardcover. Etat : 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. First, Limited Edition & Large-Paper Edition.