The violet fairy book / edited by Andrew Lang ; with numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford.
Walter Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
Category
Books
Date
1902
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3258685
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii, 388 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (8 col.) ; 8vo. Pencil codes on front free endpaper verso: "8164/crd" and "net". Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper verso (partially obscured by bookplate): "Huttleston Broughton / 190[4?]" [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 purple cloth; single gilt fillet to form an outer border on upper board; gilt stamped illustration on upper board: fairies; gilt stamped illustration on spine: fairies with flowers; gilt lettered spine; gilt textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Walter Andrew Lang (1844-1912), editor Henry Justice Ford (London 1860-1941), illustrator