Nursery Rhyme Book, The - Andrew Lang - Folio Society - 2018
Edition
Nursery Rhyme Book, The - Andrew Lang - Folio Society - 2018
Condition
Very Good. Some marks to slipcase, book as new
Details
The nursery rhyme book, edited by Andrew Lang, illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke and Debra McFarlane, introduced by Michael Rosen. 253 × 191 × 46 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–xxv [xxvi], [1–2] 3–252 [253–254]: [6] leaves of colour plates (facing pp. 38, 55, 70, 87, 143 and 158). Type: Caslon. Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum. Bound by Real Lachenmaier in series binding (see item 1124). Full pale gold buckram blocked with a design by McFarlane in copper, green, black and white; pale gold endleaves with a design in copper. Green slip case. First published in 1897. The illustrations are divided between McFarlane’s plates and over a hundred of L. Leslie Brooke’s drawings from the original edition.