London [&c.], Longmans, Green & Co., 1907
A dazzling example of this, the seventh in the 'Rainbow Fairy Books' series by Mr & Mrs Lang.
First published in 1901, it comprises thirty-five stories from all over the world, including Africa, Japan, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Russia and Serbia, with tales of haunted forests, chests of gold coins, magical animals and a man who outwits a dragon.
The Langs' Fairy Books were instrumental in a general re-evaluation of both the societal role of fairy tales and their suitability & relevance to children.
8vo; 8 colour plates, numerous plain plates and vignette illustrations, all by H.J. Ford, some minor spotting to half-title, frontispiece tissue-guard (not affecting colour plate) and title-page, otherwise clean and bright; publisher's gilt-pictorial purple cloth, gilt edges, minor rubbing to extremities and very slight dulling to spine, otherwise again, exceptionally bright.
First published in 1901, it comprises thirty-five stories from all over the world, including Africa, Japan, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Russia and Serbia, with tales of haunted forests, chests of gold coins, magical animals and a man who outwits a dragon.
The Langs' Fairy Books were instrumental in a general re-evaluation of both the societal role of fairy tales and their suitability & relevance to children.
8vo; 8 colour plates, numerous plain plates and vignette illustrations, all by H.J. Ford, some minor spotting to half-title, frontispiece tissue-guard (not affecting colour plate) and title-page, otherwise clean and bright; publisher's gilt-pictorial purple cloth, gilt edges, minor rubbing to extremities and very slight dulling to spine, otherwise again, exceptionally bright.
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