Lot 86
  • 86

Lang, Andrew

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • Lang, Andrew
  • Two large paper copies from the limited edition of The Fairy Book series, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1889-1890, comprising:
  • Paper
The Blue Fairy Book. 1889,  number 61 of 113 copies, full blue morocco gilt; The Red Fairy Book. 1890, number 31 of 113 copies, full red morocco gilt, spine and dentelles gilt; both 4to (249 x 150mm.), contemporary bindings signed by Riviere "for L. Samuel Montagu. 1893", spine and dentelles gilt, top edges gilt, endpapers of both copies slightly soiled (2)

Provenance

L. Samuel Montagu, as stated in the binding signature

Catalogue Note

Only the first four of Andrew Lang’s famous series of Fairy books were issued as large paper copies. These each include a special introduction which does not appear in the trade edition.