Beschreibung:

LANG, Andrew (editor and translator, 1844-1912). [A collection of children’s story books]. Spottiswoode & Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895-1911. 11 volumes, octavo (all approx. 180 x 120mm). Illustrations after H.J. Ford and Lancelot Speed Original cloth bindings decorated in gilt, gilt edges. Provenance : Gloucester (bookplates). An extensive collection of Lang ’ s story books for children, in excellent condition. The authorship of these, and the Fairy Books (see previous lot), have often been misattributed to Andrew Lang alone. However, it is now known that his wife, Nora, contributed to most of the books in these series, although she does not appear on the titles as such until The Book of Princes and Princesses of 1908, and thereafter in 2 further books in the present lot. The Blue Poetry Book . 1891. Half-title, pubs ads on verso. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 11 plates, and illustrations; The True Story Book . 1893. Half-title, pubs ads on verso and 1pp. at end. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 9 plates, and illustrations; The Red True Story Book . 1895. Half-title, pubs ads on verso. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 18 plates, and illustrations; The Animal Story Book . London, 1896. Half-title, pubs ads on verso. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 29 plates, and illustrations; The Arabian Nights Entertainments . 1898. Half-title, pubs ads on verso. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 32 plates, and illustrations; The Red Book of Animal Stories . 1899. Half-title, pubs ads on verso. Woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, 31 plates, and illustrations; The Book of Romance . 1902. Half-title, pubs ads on verso. Coloured frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette and 35 plates, and illustrations; The Red Romance Book . 1905. Half-title, pubs ads on verso. Coloured frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette and 28 plates, and illustrations; Mrs Leonora Blanche LANG. The Book of Princes and Princesses . 1908. Half-title, pubs ads on verso. Coloured frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette and 9 plates, and illustrations; – The Red Book of Heroes . 1909. Half-title, pubs ads on verso and 2pp. at beginning. Coloured frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut title vignette and 17 plates, and illustrations; – The All Sorts of Stories Book . 1911. Half-title, pubs ads on verso and 2pp. at beginning. Coloured frontispiece and 4 plates, woodcut title vignette and 13 plates, and illustrations.