Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia: Being the Adventures of Prince Prigio's Son

Overview:

  • Title: Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia: Being the Adventures of Prince Prigio's Son
  • Author: Andrew Lang
  • Year: 1893
  • Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
  • Price: $1.25
  • Pages: xi+204
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Chapter Book
  • Title Reference: Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia: Being the Adventures of Prince Prigio's Son
  • Notes: 1st US ed. LCCN: 01-16433 links e-copy at HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL) -- states OCLC=376870 but that WorldCat library record does not show also published at New York, evidently records the UK edition {{OCLC|679731464}} (e-copy at HDL)

    Price stated, publ date inferred from advertisements by the publisher 1893-12-16 "Longmans, Green & Co.'s Selected Books" under Recent Publications NY Times, N-Y Tribune; "Longmans, Green & Co.'s New Publications" under A New Fairy Story by Andrew Lang Chi. Tribune

    HathiTrust Digital Library (catalog record) provides full view of one copy from original at Princeton U (two from originals at U California and Harvard U show published at Bristol and London only, evidently the UK edition)
    • Cover green cloth with gold stamped lettering
    • Title page (quote four lines, small caps thruout):   Published at Bristol by J. W. Arrowsmith,   Quay Street, and at London by Simpkin,   Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company Limited,   and at New York by Longmans, Green & Co.   (no date)
    • Introductory, p[ix]-xi, synopsis of Prince Prigio
    • novel spans p[13]-204; p204 footer "Printing Office of the Publisher."
    • 4 back pages: "Works by Andrew Lang, M.A." with running footer "New York: Longmans, Green, & Co." includes the annual Fairy Book series to 1893 (no dates) $2.00 each