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Lang, Andrew.
(HOLD AME) The Green Fairy Book.
Publisher: Longman, Greens & Co, London;
Date of Publication: 1892
Stock Code: 15377
First Edition. Octavo, pp., xi, 366, 2 catalogue. Illustrated throughout, including frontispiece and in-text decoration, in black and white by H. J. Ford. Publisher’s bright green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration of a fairy riding a dragon to upper board. All edges gilt. Slight rubbing to spine tips. The third book in Langs’ Fairy Books, containing forty two tales of mythology and magic from all cultures for children. While the introduction notes that Lang intended The Green Fairy Book to be the final of his collections, the final series had twelve volumes due to the demand and popularity of his works. £300.00