1911 The All Sorts of Stories Book
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Description
Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon
The first edition of this uncommon work, with no gilt to the front board.
An anthology of charming stories compiled by Leonora Blanche Alleyne, and edited by her husband, the noted compiler of the 'Fairy Books' series, Andrew Lang.
Including 'How a Boy Became First a Lamb and Then an Apple', 'In the Shadow of the Guillotine', 'Heracles the Dragon-Killer', 'The Sword of d'Artagnan', and more.
Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, four colour plates, thirteen monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations throughout. Illustrated by H. J. Ford.
Collated, complete.
Condition
In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Gilt to the front board has faded. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.
Very Good Indeed
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