Andrew Lang Preface (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. EARLY Printing, Nineteenth Century. VOLUME II is printed on spine cloth, but noted on title page, under the publisher, is a 'III' (. Dark red embossed cloth, gilt embossed FLS letters on front cover (Folk Lore Society). Dulled gilt spine title with the 1879 date and FSL at foot of spine cloth. Two tiny punctures at lower spine cloth; gently bumped corners and just starting to fray crown and tail of spine edges.(see photo) Original brown end-papers (Dark brown front free end paper is detached and laid in). A 'erratum' slip tipped in, just after the eight page preface, by A. LANG.(Andrew Lang, who is best known for collecting folk and fairy tales) 250 pages plus a twenty-one page "First Annual Report of The Council, 29 May, 1879, at rear. A blank end-paper is just starting to pull away. otherwise a tight copy. Interior pages are clean and tight throughout - no foxing, just mild age-toning to margins. Fabulous source material on superstitions; old ballads and fairy tales and lore. Hard to find title.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Limited edition of just 550 copies. Full vellum hardback with gilt lettering and gilt rules. Showing well, sharp corners, no splits. Contents clean and tidy, just showing a couple of labels at the endpaper. Size: 195mm x 130mm; collation: pp. lxxxvi; 65. Illustrated. Scarce. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Thus. This is a Good Copy of this book in Publisher's original green gilt decorated boards to both spine and upper cover.One neat former inscription to the front endpaper.half title page.Illustrated with a frontispiece (Romeo and Juliet) and a further 14 black and white drawings by Robert Anning Bell.Top edge of the book is in gilt with other deckled edges to the pages.Some spotting is noted to the endpapers and pre-lims and a little sporadic foxing within the text itself.Looks like the book has been rebacked at some stage with original spine laid down and there is some staining to the rear cover of the book.With 24 page Introduction by Andrew Lang.Only a light cracking to the front gutter hinge but binding remains firm with no loose leaves etc.8vo 372pp First Thus [1899]. Robert Anning Bell (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback copy bound in half green leather, marbled boards with raised bands and gold gilt lettering to spine, no dustjacket as issued. 420pp. B/w frontispiece with tissue guard, full page b/w plates, b/w illustrations within text. Gold gilt top page edges. Not library copy, no inscriptions, bookplate to front pastedown, few marks to half title page. (8/1).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. Published by Elliot Stock. No date. UK 1st edition. No dust wrapper. Uncut page edges. The book is in very good condition, with a darkened spine with wear to the top and base. There are some marks to both covers. Internally the pages are clean and free from any marks or foxing, with some discoloration to the inside cover page. A selection of essays taken from the 'Literature' magazine. Humfordmillbooks welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

Gilt Decorated Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Early reprint, still with gilt decoration and top edge gilt. xxviii, 372 pp. Green cloth. Short tear at head of spine and minor wear to rest of extremities. Foxing to text block edges and scattered spotting to edges of leaves. Decorated title-page. With frontis and fourteen full-page illustrations by Robert Anning Bell. 8vo. Illustrated. Bell, Robert Anning (illustrator).…

Boards. 1st edition. 1st ed., Limited to 700 copies, 8vo., 2 vols, pp.x, 464; pp.iv, 302, ccxl (appendices), numerous illus to both vols, pictorial half-title and col folding map at end of volume one, col plate and folding b/w plate in volume two, errata slip tipped-in, contemporary signature (Lawrence Bibby ?) to t.p. of each volume, scattered foxing, heavier at end pages, publisher's gilt titled cl bds., sl. rubbed and bumped o/w very good condition One of the great works on the habits, history and ethnology of the Borneo natives based chiefly on a collection of the notes of Hugh Brooke Low who had spent 18 years in the Sarawak Government Service studying Dayak and Kayan. It provides great detail of the people including their physique, marriage, religion, music, language, festivals, dancing, daily life, fire, food, narcotics, agriculture, land tenure, domestic animals, head-hunting, human sacrifices and cannibalism. Preface by Andrew Lang (illustrator).…