Andrew Lang — The Yellow Fairy Book

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1894. First edition. Cloth. Andrew Lang's sixth colourful volume in his popular fairy book series, a first edition copy complete with the original H. J. Ford illustrations. The first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-one plates, and in-text engravings.Collated, complete.The fourth book in Andrew Lang's popular 'Fairy Books' series.This yellow volumes contains stories mostly hailing from the pen of Hans Christian Andersen.Containing 'Thumbelina', 'How to tell a True Princess', 'The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus', 'Story of the Emperor's New Clothes', 'The Seven-Headed Serpent', 'The Six Swans', 'The Dragon of the North', and more. Andrew Lang is best known for these collections of fairy tales, and was an avid collector of folk and fairy tales. He was a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford, a noted English illustrator who is best known for his beautiful illustrations for Lang's works.Two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear.  In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, worn. Cloth is discoloured and faded, with some marks . Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Bookseller's label to the front paste down. Internally, binding is strained in places. Pages are bright and generally clean with the occasional handling mark. Prior owner's ink inscription to the half-title. Good . Ill.: H. J. Ford. Good .