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The Blue Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang [ed.]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€888.90€800.01
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1890 . Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". H. J. Ford; G. P. Jacomb. The third edition of the first of Andrew Lang's influential 'Fairy Books', with this blue volume containing the tales of many eminent folklorists. The third edition of this work, published the year after the first.Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven plates, and many in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.'The Blue Fairy Book' is the first book in Lang's influential 'Fairy Book' series.This blue volume contains fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, Madame d'Aulnoy, Arabian Nights, and Norwegian folktales.Arguably the blue volume contains the best known fairy tales, such as 'Little Red Riding Hood', 'The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood', 'Cinderella', 'Aladdin', 'Beauty and the Beast', 'Hansel and Gretel', 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.With a former owner's inscription to the half title.With a sixteen page publisher's catalogue to the rear, dated August 1889.Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford and George Percy Jacomb-Hood. Ford was a noted English illustrator best known for his beautiful illustrations for Lang's works. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. A touch of discolouration to back strip. Former owner's inscription to half title. Internally, generally firmly bound, with binding a touch strained in places. Pages bright, with light handling marks and instances of spotting throughout. Very Good
Synopsis
The Fairy Books, or "Coloured" Fairy Books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour. Collected together by Andrew Land they are sourced from a number of different countries and were translated by Lang's wife and other translators who also retold many of the tales. The collection has been incalculably important and, although he did not source the stories himself direct from the oral tradition he can make claim to the first English translation of many.First published in 1889, The Blue Fairy Bookis the 1st volume in this series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 894F46
- Title
- The Blue Fairy Book
- Author
- Andrew Lang [ed.]
- Illustrator
- H. J. Ford; G. P. Jacomb
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 7.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- fairy book andrew lang fairy tales fairy stories andrew lang
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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