The Blue Fairy Book First Edition. Large paper copy first edition, large paper copy, number 13 of 113 copies, the deluxe limited issue of the first in lang's series of coloured fairy books, which continued through to the lilac fairy book in 1910. Sometimes it is not possible to find the cover corresponding to the book whose edition is published.
The first installment of andrew lang's widely read classics and arguably his best known, the blue fairy book has been admired time and time again, enchanting readers with its carefully crafted prose and eclectic assortment of fairy tales. The first edition of the novel was published in 1887, and was written by andrew lang. Please, consider this image only as a reference, it will not always be the exact cover used in the edition of the published book.
[vi], xxi, [i], 390 pp.
The bewitched and the beautiful, the fearful and the brave. The blue fairy book was the first volume in the series and so it contains some of the best known tales, taken from a variety of sources: 51 rows the collection has been incalculably important and, although he did not source. Spine is tight, although it looks like a minor repair was made to the back cover, and a page of the index may be missing.