leonora blanche alleyne andrew lang (7 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.

Etat : 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 "Christmas 1897" to recto of frontispiece. Only a bit of edgewear.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. A. Wallis Mills (illustrateur). 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. Etat : Very Good. A. Wallis Mills (illustrateur). 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. 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.

Etat : 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.