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The Green Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
London: The Folio Society. 2012. Like New. Third printing. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and bindings, sharp tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings, and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Color and black and white Illustrations by Julian de Narvaez. Decorated endpapers. Issued without dust jacket. Introduced by Jack Zipes. Slipcase has very faint rubbing. 354 pages. 7¾ x 10" tall.
In The Green Fairy Book, the third in the series, Andrew Lang has assembled stories from Spanish and Chinese traditions, a few of the most entertaining creations penned by the Comte de Caylus, Sebillot, Fenelon, Kletke, and Mme. d'Aulnoy, and some of the best-loved tales from the Brothers Grimm. Here in one volume are "The Blue Bird," "Sylvain and Jocosa," "The Three Little Pigs," "The Half-Chick," "The Three Bears," "The Magic Swan," "The Twelve Huntsmen" and many other favorites that have become an indispensable part of our cultural heritage.
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Synopsis
The Fairy Books, or "Coloured" Fairy Books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour. Collected together by Andrew Land they are sourced from a number of different countries and were translated by Lang's wife and other translators who also retold many of the tales. The collection has been incalculably important and, although he did not source the stories himself direct from the oral tradition he can make claim to the first English translation of many.First published in 1892, The Green Fairy Bookis the 3rd volume in this series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4352
- Title
- The Green Fairy Book
- Author
- Andrew Lang
- Illustrator
- Julian de Narvaez
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover / Slipcase
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Folio Society
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 354
- Size
- 7.75 x 10
- Weight
- 5.00 lbs
- Keywords
- the magic swan, the twelve huntsmen, brothers grimm, sylvain and jocosa, the blue birdfairy tales, folio society, comte de caylus, sebillot, fenelon
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collector's Editions; The Folio Society;
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- Jacket
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- Folio
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- New
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- Rubbing
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- Bookplate
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