The pink fairy book / edited by Andrew Lang ; with numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford.
Walter Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
Category
Books
Date
1901
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3258683
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii, [2], 360 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Pencil codes on front free endpaper verso: "8164/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 / 26 & 28 Tremont St. & / 30 Court Sq., Boston.' Binding: Early twentieth-century full publisher's pink cloth; single gilt fillet to form a border on upper board; gilt stamped illustration on upper board: angels on clouds; gilt stamped illustration on spine: demon; gilt lettered spine; gilt textblock edges; black endpapers.
Makers and roles
Walter Andrew Lang (1844-1912), editor Henry Justice Ford (London 1860-1941), illustrator