By Andrew Lang
London   Longmans, Green, and Co
7.5" by 5" xi, [1], 371pp
Andrew Lang's crimson volume in his popular 'Fairy Book' series, a lovely work complete with colourful plates.
By Andrew Lang

1903 The Crimson Fairy Book

London   Longmans, Green, and Co
7.5" by 5" xi, [1], 371pp
Andrew Lang's crimson volume in his popular 'Fairy Book' series, a lovely work complete with colourful plates.
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Description

Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition.

Illustrated with a vignette title page, a colour frontispiece,  seven colour plates, thirty-five monochrome plates, and ten in-text engravings.

Collated, complete.

'The Crimson Fairy Book' is the eighth book in Lang's popular colourful fairy tale series.

This crimson volume contains stories from Hungary, Russia, the Baltic, Tunisia, Iceland, Finland, and elsewhere.

Containing 'Love Ilonka', 'The Prince and the Dragon', 'The Boy Who Could Keep a Secret', 'The Cottager and His Cat', 'The Magic Kettle', and more.

Andrew Lang is best known for these collections of fairy tales, and was an avid collector of folk and fairy tales. He was a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic.

Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford, a noted English illustrator who is best known for his beautiful illustrations for Lang's works.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is very lightly faded. Faint marks to the boards and spine. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound, the binding a little strained in places. Pages are bright and clean. A few light spots to the title page.

Very Good Indeed

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