THE BOOK OF ROMANCE (illustrated) Edited By Andrew Lang 1st Edition 1902
Item History & Price
This is a hard cover 384-pageFirst Edition book (no dust jacket issued) of stories about King Arthur, RobinHood, the Story of Roland, Lancelot and Guinevere, the Quest of the Holy Grail, and more, edited by Andrew Lang, Scottish poet, novelist and literary criticbest known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The volume was published in1902 by Longmans, Green, and Co in London, New York and Bombay as well as by Norwood Press in Massachusetts. It is bound inblue cloth boards deco...rated in gilt on front cover and spine, with gilt edgesand pictorial end papers. The book features 8 colored plates and 35-full page plates, with numerous in text illustrations by British artist and illustrator H. J.Ford (Henry Justice Ford.) Condition:the book, measuring approximately 5” by 7 ½” inches, is inscribed on half titlepage—“Christmas at Avalon 1904”--and binding is somewhat loose at front cover, with wear to top and bottom spine and cover corners. Pages within are in good condition.
