The green fairy book / edited by Andrew Lang ; with numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford.

Accession number:

PML 89047

Published:

London ; New York : Longmans, Green, and Co. 15 East 16th Street, 1892.

Description:

[2], xi, [3], 366 p. : ill. (engravings) ; 19 x 13 cm

Credit:

Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.

Notes:

Half title.
Title page vignette.
Blank guard sheet accompanying frontispiece.
"Printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square London"--verso of t.p.
Collection of stories for children from, for example England, France, Germany, Russia, Spain, and one from China.
Publisher's advertisement on verso of half title.
Eleven full page paginated illustrations, including frontispiece, printed on one side only, and numerous vignettes variously signed HJ Ford, HJF, or Henry Ford.
"Colored by Amy F. Stone."--inscription in blue ink on t.p.
Hand colored by previous owner, Amy Fay Stone.
"Amy Fay Stone from Aunt Nina Christmas 1893"--inscription in blue ink on fly-leaf.
"Amy Stone 93, Amy Stone 99, Amy Stone 1900, Amy Stone 1901, Amy Stone 1908"--inscriptions in pencil on recto of frontispiece.

Binding:

Publisher's green pictorial, blocked in gold, edges gilt, and with black endpapers.

Provenance:

Amy F. Stone, inscription; from the library of Lincoln Kirstein.

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Department:

Printed Books