1910 The Lilac Fairy Book
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Description
Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce
Scarce first edition.
Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, a vignette title page, five colour plates, twenty monochrome plates, and twenty-six in-text engravings.
Two pages of adverts to the rear.
Collated, complete.
'The Lilac Fairy Book' is Lang's twelfth and last book in his successful 'Fairy Book' series.
The lilac volume contains stories from Portugal, Ireland, and Wales.
Containing 'The Shifty Lad', 'The False Prince and the True', 'The King of the Waterfalls', 'The One-Handed Girl', 'The Winning of Olwen', 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.
Prior owner's pencil inscription to the front paste down and recto of the front endpaper.
Condition
In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with the gilt to the front board still bright. Red mark to the rear board. A few smaller marks to the boards and spine. Spine is discoloured. Hinges are starting but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some scattered spots, including to the frontispiece.
Very Good
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