Lang,Andrew — The Red True Story Book

Longmans,Green And Co This is a Very Good + Copy of this book in Publisher's original elaborately decorated red hardcover cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine.The book has black endpapers and is complete with half title page,frontispiece and engraved title page.This copy has one previous inscription present to the verso of the half title page and is dated 1896.The book has a very firm binding with no hinge weakness,with no cracking to joins.There is a little darkening to the colour tone along spine but this is not unusual.All page edges are gilt lined.The book's contents remain reasionably clean apart from some sporadic browning spots/foxing to certain pages within the text block.Profusely illustrated with many black and white engraved plates and woodcuts by H.J. Ford.An excellent copy for the collector,8vo (xii) 419pp First Edition 1st Issue [1895] Henry J Ford Very Good+ No Jacket First Edition 1st Printing London and New York 8vo