Andrew Lang — The Lilac Fairy Book

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1910. First edition. Cloth. The final of Andrew Lang's popular 'Coloured Fairy Books' series, complete with H. J. Ford's beautiful illustrations. The first edition, in publisher's cloth variant. Illustrated with six coloured plates, twenty black-and-white plates and numerous vignettes. Plates facing pp. 32, 96, 128, 192, 198, 259, 286, and 356 have been coloured in pencil by previous owner, the colour transferring to facing pages.Collated, complete. An enchanting anthology of fairy tales, the twelfth and final instalment to Andrew Lang's 'Coloured Fairy Books' series. 'The Shifty Lad', 'The Three Crowns', 'A Fish Story', 'The Bones of Djulung', 'The Raspberry Worm' etc. The series was published between 1889-1910 by Andrew Lang and his wife Leonora Blanche. Whilst Leonora assumed editorial control of the series in the 1890s, Andrew edited the series and wrote prefaces for its entire run.  In the publisher's blind-stamped cloth, with gilt to the spine. Externally, with damp spots and marks to the cloth. Rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Toning to the endpapers. Contemporary inscription to front free endpaper. Good . Ill.: H. J. Ford. Good .