Lot 128
  • 128

LANG, THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK, 1894; THE PINK FAIRY BOOK, 1897; THE GREY FAIRY BOOK, 1900 (3 VOL.)

Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
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Description

  • Andrew Lang
  • Three Fairy Books comprising;
  • Paper
i) The Yellow Fairy Book. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1894. 8vo (182 x 121mm.), FIRST EDITION, frontispiece and plates, together with other illustrations throughout the text by H. J. Ford, 2pp. publisher's advertisements, original pictorial yellow cloth gilt, all edges gilt, black endpapers, spotting, boards slightly soiled, bumped; ii) The Pink Fairy Book. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1897. 8vo (179 x 120mm.), FIRST EDITION,  frontispiece and plates, together with other illustrations throughout the text by H. J. Ford, original pictorial pink cloth gilt, all edges gilt, black endpapers, spotting, spine sunned; iii) The Grey Fairy Book. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1900. 8vo (179 x 120mm.), FIRST EDITION, frontispiece and plates, together with other illustrations throughout the text by H. J. Ford, original pictorial grey cloth gilt, all edges gilt, black endpapers, spotting, minimal soiling to lower board, bumped (3)

Condition

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