Lang, Andrew & Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
A complete collection of Lang's 'Fairy Books'
£2,250
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: Day One: 24 February 2021 | From 10:00
Description
38 books, all 8vo, published by Longman's Green & Co. in original cloth, comprising: The Blue Fairy Book, 1895, 7th edition; The Red Fairy Book, 1890, 1st edition; The Blue Poetry Book, 1891, first edition; The Green Fairy Book, 1892, first edition; The True Story Book, 1893, first edition; The True Story Book, 1893, first edition; another copy, ninth impression; The Yellow Fairy Book, 1894, first edition; another copy, second edition; My Own Fairy Book, 1928, twelfth impression; The Red True Story Book, 1895, first edition; another copy, new impression; The Animal Story Book, 1896, first edition; another copy, new impression; The Pink Fairy Book, 1897, first edition; The Arabian Nights Entertainments, 1898, first edition; The Red Book of Animal Stories, 1899, first edition; The Grey Fairy Book, 1900, first edition; The Violet Fairy Book, 1902, new impression; The Book of Romance, 1902, first edition; another copy, first edition, another copy, new impression; The Crimson Fairy Book, 1903, first edition; The Brown Fairy Book, 1919, new impression; The Red Romance Book, 1905, first edition; another copy, later edition; The Orange Fairy Book, 1906, first edition; The Olive Fairy Book, 1925, new impression; The Book of Princes and Princesses, 1908, first edition; another copy, first edition; The Red Book of Heroes, 1909, first edition; another copy, first edition; The Lilac Fairy Book, 1910; The All Sorts of Stories Book, 1911, first edition; The Book of Saints and Heroes, 1912, larger 8vo with gilt flag motif to upper cover; The Book of Saints and Heroes, 1912, smaller 8vo with blind flag motif to upper cover; The Strange Story Book, 1913, first edition; Butcher, S.H. & Andrew Lang The Odyssey of Homer. London: Macmillan and Co., limited, 1900. 8vo, original cloth, ownership inscription to title-page
Footnote
Provenance: The Late Dr Helen E C Cargill Thompson