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The Orange fairy book
by LANG, Andrew
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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COLUMBIA, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
1906 1st ed Orange Fairy Book Andrew Lang Fairy Tales Ugly Duckling Magic Mirror
"Once upon a time…"
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of children stories that were published in a collection of "colors." The collection includes nearly 800 stories both true and fiction all of which feature impressive illustrations throughout. The Orange Fairy Book consists of 33 tales from various European traditions such as Jutland, Rhodesia, and Uganda from Africa. The most famous story from this volume is without question "The Ugly Duckling." This famous tale was originally written by Hans Christian Andersen and tells the story of a homely little bird who suffers abuse from others around him. It has been adapted by multiple media outlets such as opera, film, and theatre!
Item number: #16550
Price: $599
LANG, Andrew
The Orange fairy book…
London; New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xiii, [1], 358
o Includes 25 full-page engravings as well as many in-text illustrations of H.J. Ford
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Decorative orange cloth
· Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19cm x 13.5cm)
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Synopsis
The children who read fairy books, or have fairy books read to them, do not read prefaces, and the parents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, who give fairy books to their daughters, nieces, and cousines, leave prefaces unread. For whom, then, are prefaces written? When an author publishes a book 'out of his own head,' he writes the preface for his own pleasure. After reading over his book in print - to make sure that all the 'u's' are not printed as 'n's,' and all the 'n's' as 'u's' in the proper names - then the author says, mildly, in his preface, what he thinks about his own book, and what he means it to prove - if he means it to prove anything - and why it is not a better book than it is.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16550
- Title
- The Orange fairy book
- Author
- LANG, Andrew
- Illustrator
- H.J. Ford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co
- Place of Publication
- London; New York
- Date Published
- 1906
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1906 1st ed Orange Fairy Book Andrew Lang Fairy Tales Ugly Duckling Magic Mirrorrare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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