£775
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography | 575
Auction: 9 October 2019 at 12:00 BST
The Blue Fairy Book. London: Longman, Green, and Co., 1889. First edition, 8vo, blue half morocco gilt; The Red Fairy Book. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1890. First edition, 8vo, red half morocco gilt; The Green Fairy Book. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892. First edition, 8vo, green half morocco gilt; The Yellow Fairy Book. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. First edition, 8vo, yellow half morocco gilt; and another copy, first edition, in original yellow cloth gilt, worn, hinges and joints split, several plates coloured in; The Violet Fairy Book. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. First edition, 8vo, original violet cloth gilt, worn, some pages missing; The Red Book of Heroes. London: Longman, Green and Co., 1909. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, gift inscription to half-title (7)