5th Mar, 2025 14:00
Specialist Book Auction including Antiquarian Books from a Private Cheshire Residence (Macclesfield)
LANG (ANDREW), THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK, 1894; THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK, 1892; THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK, 5th edition, 1892; THE RED FAIRY BOOK, 3rd edition, 1891; THE TRUE STORY BOOK, 1893; THE BLUE POETRY BOOK, 1891, all with black and white illustrations and gilt coloured leather pictorial bindings, five stamped for Morrell, six stamped for Bickers & Son, all printed by Longmans, Green & Co, (6)
Sold for £3,100
LANG (ANDREW), THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK, 1894; THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK, 1892; THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK, 5th edition, 1892; THE RED FAIRY BOOK, 3rd edition, 1891; THE TRUE STORY BOOK, 1893; THE BLUE POETRY BOOK, 1891, all with black and white illustrations and gilt coloured leather pictorial bindings, five stamped for Morrell, six stamped for Bickers & Son, all printed by Longmans, Green & Co, (6)
Yellow Fairy and Green Fairy appear to be first editions, they do not list any other edition.
Yellow Fairy: Leather in good condition, only very slight rubbing. Shadows on patterned end papers from leather. Some foxing to front end papers and half title, lesser to the page block. Internally generally good. This book is NOT stamped for Morrell. No publishers adverts at the end of the book.
Green Fairy: Leather generally on good condition. Slight mark to top right corner of front board, minor dent to long edge back board with a very slight two-tone appearance and very slight blemish to the tip of the top left corner of the back board. Shadows on patterned end papers from leather. Internally generally good.
There is a list of books by Lang on the back of the half title. There are no adverts at the end of the book after page 366.
Blue Fairy: Spine with some fading. Back board with a couple of slight marks and rubbing / curl to the bottom left corner. Shadows on patterned end papers from leather. Front end papers through to preface with some light foxing. Back-end papers and last page also with some very minor foxing. Internally generally good. Odd foxing to page block.
Red Fairy: Leather to the bottom right corner of front board with some minor marks. Minor rubbing to edges. Foxing to front end papers and half title. Some foxing to end papers at the back. Shadows on patterned end papers from leather. Odd foxing to page block. Internally generally good.
Blue Poetry: Minor rubbing to the edges of the leather and spine with some fading. Shadows on patterned end papers from leather. Minor foxing to front and back end papers. Internally generally good.
True Story Book: A couple of slight blemishes to the leather on the back board. Shadows on patterned end papers from leather. Foxing to the front which decorates and stops and introduction. Foxing to back end papers. Internally with odd foxing but generally good.
There are no tissue guards any of the books and there are no publishers adverts at the end of any book.
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Auction: Specialist Book Auction including Antiquarian Books from a Private Cheshire Residence (Macclesfield), 5th Mar, 2025
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