THE FIRST COLOURED FAIRY BOOK
The Blue Fairy Book
Longmans, Green & Co., 1889.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth, elaborately stamped in gilt to upper cover and spine. All edges gilt. Eight full page steel engravings and numerous illustrations in the text by H.J.Ford and Jacob Hood. A beautiful, fine copy, bright and clean, with just a touch of rubbing to the spine ends, but virtually free from the foxing so often found in this book. Ownership inscription to the verso of the front endpaper.
The first of Lang's coloured fairy books. Lang had grown up with a love of myths and fables, and towards the end of the 1880s he decided, with his wife's help, to collect and publish some of his favourite tales. The Blue Fairy Book was the result, published in 1889 it met with great critical acclaim. The tales include Cinderella, Aladdin. Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, Goldilocks and many other classics.
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