BOOK
The yellow fairy book / edited by Andrew Lang ; with numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford.
- Date
- 1894
- By
- Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912; Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941; Longmans, Green, and Co; Spottiswoode & Co; Blunson & Co
- Notes
A collection of fairy tales gathered from all over the world.
"Printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square London"--Colophon.
Binding, upper cover and spine Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand.
Alexander Turnbull Library General Collection copy exhibited: “The Book Beautiful”, National Library of New Zealand, 2 Mar - 22 May 2015. Upper pastedown. Clio 555529
Digital image available: of illustrated upper pastedown, Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy. Details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.
Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy. Binding: yellow goatskin, gold tooled in panel design, spine gold tooled in decorated compartments, gold tooled edges and turn-ins, yellow marbled end papers, upper pastedown replaced by gold stamped angel illustration, lower pastedown has original yellow book cloth spine lettered in gold pasted in from publisher's binding. Bookplate of Alexander H. Turnbull. Binder's stamp on flyleaf 'Blunson & Co.' Transferred from the Alexander Turnbull Library General Collection, 2015. Acc. 407859.
- Source URL
- Binding, upper cover and spine https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE22630778
- Related to
- Digital Collection = Kohinga Matihiko 81268192800002836 Alma Collection
- Publisher
- London ; And New York : 15 East 16th Street : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894.
- Format
- xvi, 321 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
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