Author: Andrew Lang [ed.]
Title: The Olive Fairy Book
Description: London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of Andrew Lang's Olive Fairy Book, the eleventh work in the popular series. The uncommon first edition of this work.This olive volume contains fairy tales from Turkey, India, Denmark, Armenia, the Sudan, and of Anatole France.Tales include 'The Silent Princess', 'The Snake Prince', and 'Madschun&apos.Andrew Lang is best known for these collections of fairy tales, and was an avid collector of folklore and fairy tales. He was a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic.Illustrated with eight colour plates, twenty monochrome plates, and further vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford, a noted English illustrator best known for his beautiful illustrations for Lang's works. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Light cockling to cloth at head and fore edge of front board. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with light fraying in these regions. Hinges strained, and somewhat tender. Internally, binding lightly strained throughout. Pages bright, with light spotting throughout. Good . Ill.: H. J. Ford. Good .

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