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    By Andrew Lang
    London   Longmans, Green, and Co
    7.5" by 5" iv, 5-254, [2pp]
    A very scarce work by Andrew Lang, collecting together some of his most popular tales from his 'Fairy Books', the first edition of this illustrated work.
    By Andrew Lang

    1909 Beauty and the Beast

    London   Longmans, Green, and Co
    7.5" by 5" iv, 5-254, [2pp]
    A very scarce work by Andrew Lang, collecting together some of his most popular tales from his 'Fairy Books', the first edition of this illustrated work.
    £1,950.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 887P17
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    Description

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

    The first edition of this very scarce work.

    A compilation of the popular fairy tales selected from Andrew Lang's colourful 'Fairy Books' series.

    This scarce work compiles tales from Lang's Blue, Brown, Green, Violet, and Yellow Fairy Books, which were originally published in 1889 to 1904.

    Lang's variation of the popular tale 'Beauty and the Beast' is a variant of Villeneuve's, with lavish description of Beast's palace, which helped to shape the visuals of later adaptations.

    Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, fourteen monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations.

    Collated, complete. 

    Besides the titular tale 'Beauty and the Beast', this volume includes 'The Mermaid and the Boy', 'The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground', 'The Girl Who Pretended To Be a Boy', 'Virgilius the Sorcerer', 'Fairer-Than-a-Fairy', 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.

    Two pages of adverts to the rear.

    Condition

    In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light marks to the boards, heavier to the rear board, with small damp stains. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is a little discoloured. Light rubbing to the spine and extremities. Front hinge is a little strained but remains firm, rear hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Small closed tear to the margin of the title page.

    Very Good

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