Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912.

Publication

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

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Details

Additional Authors

Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941.

Description

[2], xi, 366, [2] pages : illustrations; 27 cm

Genre/Form

Fairy tales.

Note

• Only four of the titles (Blue, Red, Green, and Yellow) from the series of 12 were issued in this deluxe format, each with a special introduction discussing the origins of different fairy tales not in the trade issues.
• "Large paper"-- page [1].
• "Only one hundred and fifty copies of this edition have been printed"-- page [1].
• Title vignette.
• Frontispiece included in pagination.
• Last leaf blank.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Pforz (Lang, A. Green fairy book. 1892. 1st ed., large paper. London)

OCLC

32539761

Author

Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912.

Title

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

Imprint

London : Longmans, Green, and Co. ; and New York : 15 East 16th Street, 1892 (London : Printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square)

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: Bound in original paper backed boards, paper label on spine with title in green, edges untrimmed. -- Number 50 of 150 copies printed on large paper. -- Acquired by Carl H. Pforzheimer April 1925 through T. Thorp of Guildford.

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Added Author

Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941.

Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957, former owner.

Research Call Number

Pforz (Lang, A. Green fairy book. 1892. 1st ed., large paper. London)