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ROSE FAIRY BOOK
Collected and Edited by
- By Andrew Lang -
Illustrated by Vera Bock
ISBN: -
Publisher: Kestrel Boos, Middlesex, England, UK
Published: 1951
Binding: HARDcover 212 pages
Condition: A read & displayed copy - very good condition! HERE in MELBOURNE! A retired display
copy as illustrated!
Edition: FIRST EDITION: Stated 6th Impression 1976 printing
TIGHT, SCARCE HARDCOVER ~ IN MELBOURNE ...
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Remains a well kept read copy - it was the display copy in a private collection. It is Tight - neat, no inscriptions or marks within - a slight lean is observable. The first blank endpaper is not present. The book selling appears as in my photos - this is the exact copy!! A nicely preserved copy - superb!
Mild discernible shelf wear to the laminated boards covers, the interior is tight and spotlessly clean with 212 pages. THIS copy is the FIRST of this EDITION: 6th impression printing from 1976 - the UK publishing by Kestrel Books, Middlesex.
There are many black and white illustrations by Vera Bock.
SCARCE title - this is an UNread copy!!
In original pictorial HARDcover binding, these publisher's covers which are in excellent condition.
(Stored with 2023!)
Measures approx. 8 x 5 inches or 20 x 13cms
SYNOPSIS ....
Rose Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. (This volume is made up of selections from the Grey, Brown, Pink, Lilac and Orange Fairy Books, the stories therefrom that came from France, Italy or Spain.) Bear Bobino Castle of Kerglas Donkey Skin False Prince and the True Father Grumbler Fortunate and his Purse Frog and the Lion Fairy Golden Lion Knights of the Fish Lost Paradise Queen of the Flowery Isles Seven Who Helped Sprig of Rosemary Story of Bensurdatu Water of Life What Came of Picking Flowers White Doe
Andrew Gabriel Lang was a prolific Scots man of letters. He was a poet, novelist, and literary critic, and a contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.
The Young Scholar and Journalist
Andrew Gabriel Lang grew up in Selkirk in the Scottish Borders, the son of the town clerk and the eldest of eight children. The wild and beautiful landscape of his childhood had a great effect on the young Lang and inspired in him not only a life-long love of the outdoors but a fascination with local folklore and history. The Borders is an area rich in history and he grew up surrounded by tales of Bonnie Prince Charlie and Robert the Bruce. Amongst his many later literary achievements was his Short History of Scotland.
A gifted student and avid reader, Lang went to the prestigious St Andrews University (now holding a lecture series in his honour every few years) and then to Balliol College, Oxford. He would later write about the city in Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes, published in 1880.
Moving to London at the age of 31, already a published poet, he started working as a journalist. His dry sense of humour, writing style and huge array of interests made him a popular editor and columnist and he was soon writing for The Daily Post, Time magazine and Fortnightly Review. It was whilst working in London that he met and married his wife Leonore Blanche Alleyne.
A great stated edition of Andrew Lang's "Rose Fairy Book", 1964, Longmans, Green and Co., London.
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources,
who had collected them originally (with the notable exception of Madame d'Aulnoy), made them an immensely influential collection, especially as he used foreign-language
sources, giving many of these tales their first appearance in English.
As acknowledged in the Forward, although Lang himself made most of the selections, his wife and other translators did a large portion of the translating and telling of the actual
stories.
"The irony of Lang's life and work is that although he wrote for a profession—literary criticism; fiction; poems; books and articles on anthropology, mythology, history, and travel ... he is best recognized for the works he did not write.
About the Author
Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, and literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk
and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named for him.
Vera Bock is a noted illustrator. Throughout her career she illustrated children's books and many of these drawings are housed in the Kerlan Collection of Children's Literature
at the University of Minnesota. Vera Bock's silkscreen posters are notable for their distinctive woodblock-like appearance. Strong, solid forms, often Germanic in influence (front piece), dominate her designs. Her formation in book design and illustration is apparent in her series of posters. In these designs, numerous human figures share space with well-educated typography, suggesting a quality of wonder often associated with children's books.
She was affiliated with the FAP from 1936 to 1939 as a member of the New York City
poster division. During the 1940s she worked as an illustrator at Life and Coronet magazines.
She continued to produce book illustration and design including Little Magic Horse (1942), A Ring and A Riddle (1944), and Critical History of Children's Literature (1953).
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Reviews
FIVE BIG STATR!!! … I was given this by my grandparents when I was a child and I read and re- read this. I absolutely loved every story. They were different, exotic, magical and adventurous!
MAGICAL STORIES … So many of these tales are part of my strong memories of my childhood love of books!
Marvellous Reading!
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