Lot 25
Lang, Andrew
The Fairy Books
Auction: Books & Manuscripts | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 1 to 78
Description
all 8vo, published by Longman's Green & Co., original gilt-illustrated cloth, all edges gilt, comprising:
The Grey Fairy Book, 1900. First edition, pencil inscription to front free endpaper, front and rear hinges cracked, foxing;
The Brown Fairy Book, 1904. First edition, pencil annotation to front free endpaper, p. xi with short closed tear to upper edge, some occasional foxing and smudges, rear hinge cracked;
The Orange Fairy Book, 1906. First edition, pencil inscription to front pastedown, foxing to endpapers, spine sunned;
The Olive Fairy Book, 1907. First edition, bookplate to front pastedown, pencil annotations to front free endpaper and half title, rear hinge cracked, head and tail of spine worn;
and 8 further Fairy Books, varying editions and conditions, these not collated;
together with The Arabian Nights Entertainments, 1898. First edition, pencil inscription to half title, spine rubbed;
and 10 other Andrew Lang books (23)