Andrew Lang — The Violet Fairy Book

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1902. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, second impression of Lang's sought after, seventh collection of fairy tales, one of the scarcer works in the Coloured Fairy Book series. The first edition, second impression of this work, with the first impression a year prior in 1901.  Bound in the publisher's original, illustrated cloth binding.  Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford; with a coloured frontispiece, seven coloured plates and twenty-five further monochrome illustrations, three of which are hand coloured. Including additional, charming in-text vignettes througout. Collated, complete. In Lang's introduction, he credits his wife, Mrs Lang and a series of other women for translating works. Leonora Blanche Lang received little credit for her work in comparison to her husband's fame.  This, the seventh volume of twelve books in Lang's Coloured Fairy Series, published between 1889 and 1910.  This collection including sotries from a breadth of backgrounds, including a selection of African stories previously published in Dr Steere's 'Swahili Tales&apos.   Bound in the publisher's original, illustrated cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light bumping to extremities with minor wear to cloth, particularly head and tail of spine. Spine slightly sunned. Bumping to joints, with cloth ever so slightly splitting at rear joint. The odd mark to rear board. Rear hinge strained, though holding firm. Front hinge starting. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Ink inscription to upper half title. Three monochrome plates hand coloured. Marginal age toning to pages. Good . Ill.: H. J. Ford. Good .