The Red Romance Book by Andrew Lang [editor] - 1905

London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green and Co, 1905 A very good copy of the 1st edition in the original red decorative cloth binding with 8 colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations by H J Ford. Part of the Fairy Books series edited by Andrew Lang. The binding has a bright gilt illustration to the front board and gilt decoration and titles to the spine. The front board is bright and clean with some slightly darker spotting to the red cloth - the back board has the same. The spine is slightly cocked to the front and is a little faded with some light pulling to spine ends. There is a small bump to the top front corner and light wear to the other corners. Internally the decorative endpapers are in very good clean condition. There is the bookplate of Madeline Allhusen to the verso of the fep and an inscription to here dated 1907 on the half title page. The contents are complete and in very good to near fine condition. There is a small ink mark to the foredge affecting page edges circa 135-190.