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The book of princes and princesses / by Mrs. Lang ; edited by Andrew Lang ; with 8 coloured plates and numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Rare Books Collection D107.5 .L3 1908
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lang, Mrs.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Princesses--Juvenile literature.
- Princesses.
- Princes--Juvenile literature.
- Princes.
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Juvenile literature.
- Napoleon.
- Genre:
- Juvenile literature -- 1908.
- Publishers' advertisements -- 1908.
- Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1908.
- Signed bindings (Binding) -- 1908.
- Gilt edges (Binding) -- 1908.
- Labels (Provenance) -- 1908.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 361 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
- Other Title:
- Princes and princesses
- Place of Publication:
- London : New York : Longmans, Green and Co., 1908.
- Contents:
- Napoleon
- His Majesty the King of Rome
- The Princess Jeanne
- Hacon the King
- Mi reina! Mi reina!
- Henriette and the siege baby
- The red rose
- The white rose
- Richard the Fearless
- Frederick and Wilhelmine
- Une Reine Malheureuse
- The 'little queen'
- Two little girls and their mother
- The troubles of the Princess Elizabeth.
- Notes:
- "All the stories about princes and princesses in this book are true stories, and were written by Mrs. Lang, out of old books of history"--Preface, p. [vii].
- "Printed by Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd., New-Street Square London"--P. 361.
- Blue pictorial cloth binding with initials HJF.
- Publisher's advertisements [6] p. at end.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Peter J. Koblenzer.
- Athenaeum copy has label on rear pastedown: The Times (Book Club) 376-384 Oxford Street London.
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