The Nursery Rhyme Book
Lang, Andrew, ed.
From Elk River Books (ABAA/ILAB), Livingston, MT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 22 August 2014
From Elk River Books (ABAA/ILAB), Livingston, MT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 22 August 2014
About this Item
Octavo (23.5 cm), pp. 288. Collector's edition. Full green leather with gilt titling and decorations, five raised bands, all edges gilt. Sewn-in satin ribbon bookmark. Illustrated endpapers. Housed in green cloth slipcase with gilt titling and decorations. Lavishly illustrated in black and white drawings by Leslie Brooke. A stunning reproduction of the 1897 original. [Baumgarten p. 126] No jacket, as issued. Light rubbing to slipcase. Lang (1844 - 1912) was a Scottish journalist, poet, Classical scholar and translator, literary historian, speculative antiquarian, and folklorist, highly regarded for his translations of Homer and Theocritus. "He carried his learning lightly, a perfected a vigorous, urbane, sensitive prose style." [Steinberg, S.H. Cassell's Encyclopedia of Literature, p. 1144]. Seller Inventory # 32690
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Nursery Rhyme Book
Publisher: Easton Press
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition Thus.
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