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1910 The Lilac Fairy Book
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Description
Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding
The first edition, first impression.
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.
Condition
In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Spine is a little discoloured. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Some light marks to the boards, a little heavier to the rear board. Tear to the head of the rear joint. Faded ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional scattered spot and handling marks.
Very Good
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