The Red Book Of Heroes.
£55.00
Publisher
Longmans, Green, and Co. 39 Paternoster Row.
Place
London
Date
1909
Synopsis
By mrs. lang. edited by andrew lang. with 8 coloured plates and numerous illustrations by a. wallis mills. (the fairy book series).
Item Description
FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 7.5 x 5.25 inches. [xiv], including 3 pp. publisher's advertisements and series lists + 368 pp. Bound in original red cloth, gilt, with gilt block of General Gordon on front board. All edges gilt. Spine a little sunned with some wear at head and tail; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 8 colour plates including frontispiece, 17 full page plates and 23 drawings in text and by title page vignette. Pictorial endpapers. A companion volume to the series of twelve fairy books with titles named after different colours, written by Andrew Lang (1844-1912), Scottish poet and novelist. This title relate the stories of twelve heroes of history, including Florence Nightingale, Hannibal, Father Damien, dom Fernando, Prince of Portugal, the Marquis of Montrose, the Little Abbess, Angelique of Port Royal, General Gordon and the Emperor Theodosius. A handsomely bound and illustrated volume.
[Stock No. 27685]
