Andrew Lang — The Green Fairy Book

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1893. Cloth. The second edition of the third of Andrew Lang's colourful fairy book series, an illustrated selection of entertaining fairy tales. The second edition, published the year after the first.Illustrated with a frontispiece, twelve plates, and in-text engravings.Collated, complete.'The Green Fairy Book' is the third book in Lang's series, originally he intended it to be the last book in the series before further expanding to twelve volumes.This green volume contains stories from Spanish and Chinese traditions.Containing 'The Enchanted Watch', 'The Three Little Pigs', 'The Golden Mermaid', 'The Story of the Three Bears', 'The Magic Swan', 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 adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with a tear to the rear joint. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine, a little heavier to the rear board. Gilt to the front board is lightly rubbed.Gift inscription to the recto of the front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot and handling mark, heavier marks to pages 11 to 16. Very Good . Ill.: H. J. Ford. Very Good .