3: Green Fairy Book: green slipcase 354pp. A stunning Volume of beautifully illustrated and presented volumes.
Beautifully illustrated Folio Society editions of Andrew Lang?s Fairy Books with introductions and illustrations by modern authors and artists. (SC have some light shelf scuffs on edges.) Inside very clean & tight. In attractive pictorial coloured cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. Heavyweight, so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. The complete matching set in superb condition. Minor surface scuffs to lower face of some slipcases, otherwise Fine in like slipcases. Harlequin cloth blocked in colour and gilt to spine and upper boards, housed in plain variously coloured paper-covered slipcases. Each volume has pictorial endpapers, numerous line drawings within text and a varying number of colour plates, each by a different artist: "Blue", 2004, 17 plates by Charles von Sandwyck "Red" 2010, 16 plates by Niroot Puttapitpat "Green"2009, 14 plates by Julian Narvaez "Yellow" 2010, 13 plates by Danuta Mayer "Pink" 2011, 16 plates by Debra McFarlane "Grey" 2013, 13 plates by Lauren Nassef "Violet" 2010, 15 plates by Robert Venables "Crimson" 2011, 16 plates by Tim Stevens "Brown" 2010, 13 plates by Oman Rayan "Orange" 2013, 16 plates by Tomislav Tomic "Olive"2014, 14 plates by Kate Baylay "Lilac" 2014, 13 plates by Caitlin Hackett. Six of the volumes are First Folio printings (Green, Grey, Violet, Crimson, Brown & Orange), four are Second printings (Red, Yellow, Olive and Lilac) and two are Third printings (Blue and Pink). We only use airmail as surface mail can take up to 10 weeks. We no longer export to the EU due to slow and lost deliveries, and excessive and unpredictable charges since Brexit). UK Postage £3.40 Airmail to USA and Canada £28.80 Airmail to Rest of the World (except the EU), £28.80.
In between are morality tales and animal fables, chilling ghost stories, tongue-in-cheek romances, classics like 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and 'Rapunzel', little-known stories such as 'The True History of Little Goldenhood', which offers a twist on the traditional Red Riding Hood story. This bold and eclectic anthology opens with the story of 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses' who each night row across the lake with their captured princes and closes with a timeless epic of war and heroism, 'The Story of Sigurd', taken from William Morris's version of The Volsunga Saga. Decorative embellishments on each page frontispiece and 12 full-page colour illustrations. Bound in cloth, blocked with a design by the artist. First Class International Shipping is not available for this item. *** PLEASE NOTE: Extra shipping charges may apply due to the weight of the book. This collection of celebrated tales includes famous stories such as ?Jack and the Beanstalk,?The Golden Goose,? and ?Rapunzel,? along with an eclectic assortment of fairy tales from around the world. ?The Red Fairy Book? is the second installment of Andrew Lang?s classic fairy books and first appeared at Christmas in 1890. Color and black and white Illustrations by Niroot Pattapipat. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings, and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and bindings, sharp tips, and clean unmarred boards.
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