LANG, ANDREW (EDITED BY) — The Orange Fairy Book

NY, Longmans, Green and Co. 1914. Embossed Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: H.J. Ford. Ex-Library Hardcover, Originally published in 1906, this is the 1914 printing; A carelessly handled but well-loved former library copy, with notations, labels and rear card pocket; On the fep, a remarkable bookplate of the British naturalist, author, and founding father of the Boy Scouts, Ernest Thompson Seton, which has been written over with missive"Weed / 1976" probably by an unknowing library employee. An ink inscription on the ffep reveals that this copy was at one point, a Christmas gift "To Mildred, and Katharine from Audrey with best wishes for a Merry Christmas." Aged textblock, slightly cocked, else clean and tight. Sunned spine, scuffed bottom front corner with large abrasion and loss of cloth and a few layers of card stock; Frayed and worn corners and spine tips; Hand-soiled boards. Black and white drawings and all eight plates in color and in excellent condition, by H(enry) J. Ford; 358p. Fair.