LANG. COLLECTION OF 5 VOLUMES, INCL. THE BLUE POETRY BOOK, ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS, PRINCES AND PRINCESSES, ETC.

i) The Blue Poetry Book. Edited by Andrew Lang. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1891. 8vo (180 x 120mm.), FIRST EDITION, colour plates and numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford and Lancelot Speed, original blue boards with pictorial gilt, all edges gilt, black endpapers, bumped ii) The Arabian Nights Entertainments. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. 8vo (179 x 120mm.), FIRST EDITION, first impression, numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford, original blue boards with pictorial gilt, all edges gilt, black endpapers, dust-jacket, spotting, dust-jacket worn at extremities, chipping to edges and spine, hinge of front flap almost split, bumped iii) The Red Book of Heroes by Mrs. Lang. Edited by Andrew Lang. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1909. 8vo (180 x 121mm.), FIRST EDITION, colour plates and other illustrations by A. Wallis Mills, original red boards with pictorial gilt, all edges gilt, pictorial endpapers printed in red, dust-jacket, previous ownership inscription in ink on half-title, dust-jacket worn, chipping at extremities, creasing, bumped iv) The Book of Princes and Princesses by Mrs. Lang. Edited by Andrew Lang. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1908. 8vo (182 x 121mm.), FIRST EDITION, colour plates and other illustrations by H. J. Ford, original blue boards with pictorial gilt, all edges gilt, DUST-JACKET, pp. xiii-19 with bottom left corner folded, spine sunned, dust-jacket split at folds, backed by adhesive tape v) The Book of Saints & Heroes by Mrs. Lang. Edited by Andrew Lang. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1912. 8vo (202 x 132mm.), FIRST EDITION, colour plates and illustrations by H. J. Ford, original blue boards with pictorial gilt, top edge gilt, previous ownership inscription in ink on front free endpaper, browning to endpapers, bumped (5)

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