The red fairy book / edited by Andrew Lang ; with numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford and Lancelot Speed.
Walter Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
Category
Books
Date
1901
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3258681
Summary
Bibliographic description
Seventh impression. [10], 367, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Pencil codes on front free endpaper verso: "514/udo" and "ced". Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper verso: "Huttleston Broughton / 1904" [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (shield on a beaded oval): 'Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Bookseller's ticket on front free endpaper: 'W.B. Clarke Co. / Booksellers & stationers / Park St. Church, Boston.' Binding: Early twentieth-century full publisher's red cloth; gilt stamped illustration on upper board: giant chasing boy with harp; gilt stamped illustration on spine: king seated on a throne; gilt lettered spine; gilt textblock edges; black endpapers.
Makers and roles
Walter Andrew Lang (1844-1912), editor Henry Justice Ford (London 1860-1941), illustrator Lancelot Speed (London 1860 - Southend on Sea 1931), illustrator