Author: Andrew Lang [editor]
Title: The Violet Fairy Book
Description: London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1919. Cloth. This charming new impression of the Violet Fairy Book, the thirteenth book in Andrew Lang's popular series Fairy Books of Many Colors. A new impression of the work, with the first edition of the work having been published in 1901.Lavishly illustrated with seven colour plates, twenty-five monochrome plates, and more than thirty monochrome vignettes, in addition to a handsome colour plate frontispiece. Collated complete. In this copy, several of the illustrations have been charmingly coloured in by a previous owner.The Violet Fairy Book is the thirteenth book in Andrew Lang's beloved Fairy Books of Many Colors Series. It features retellings of a wide collection of fairy tales and folk tales from around the globe, such as Schippeitaro, The Enchanted Knife, and Virgilius the Sorcerer. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally, sound with damp staining and fading to the cloth. Spine is cocked. Slight bumping to the spine's head and tail and the extremities with marginal splitting to the cloth in these areas, as well as one minor nick to the cloth towards the head of the spine. Hinges failed. Previous owner's inscription to the recto of the front free endpaper. Internally, binding is a touch strained. Significant offsetting to the title page. Pages have handling marks, some tidemarks, and some age spots, as well as a few minor closed tears. Several illustrations have been coloured in and on. An old post stamp to pp. 944v, impacting text. Good Only . Ill.: H. J. Ford. Good Only .

Keywords: Fairy Books Andrew Lang Illustrated Books Children's Books Andrew Lang H. J. Ford


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