The blue fairy book / by Andrew Lang
2004, Folio Society Edition. London: The Folio Society. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth in fine slipcase. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #334229
Physical description: xvii,372 pages: ill. ; 25 cm in slip-case. Notes: First published: Longmans, 1889. Contents: Introduction -- Editor's preface -- The bronze ring -- Prince Hyacinth and the dear little princess -- East of the sun and west of the moon -- The yellow dwarf -- Little Red Riding-Hood -- The sleeping beauty in the wood -- Cinderella; or, The little glass slipper -- Aladdin and the wonderful lamp -- The tale of a youth who set out to learn what fear was -- Rumpelstiltzkin -- Beauty and the beast -- The master-maid -- Why the sea is salt -- The master cat; or, Puss in boots -- Felicia and the pot of pinks -- The white cat -- The water-lily. The gold-spinners -- The terrible head-- The story of pretty Goldilocks -- The history of Whittington -- The wonderful sheep -- Little thumb -- The forty thieves -- Hansel and Grettel -- Snow-White and Rose-Red -- The goose-girl -- Toads and diamonds -- Prince Darling -- Blue Beard -- Trusty John -- The brave little tailor -- A voyage to Lilliput -- The princess on the glass hill -- The story of Prince Ahmed and the fairy Paribanou -- The history of Jack the Giant-Killer -- The black bull of Norroway -- The Red Etin. Subjects: Fairy tales. Children illustrated books fairy stories. Folio Society editions. Genre: Illustrated.
Price: €295.00