Andrew Lang — The Green Fairy Book

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1927 . Cloth. An exceptionally lovely copy of the seventeenth impression of Andrew Lang's third fairy book, illustrated by H. J. Ford. The seventeenth impression of this work, which was first published in 1892.Illustrated with a frontispiece, twelve plates, and vignette illustrations. 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.With the inscription 'Tootles, Ron', dated 15.9.29. to the front free endpaper.Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford, a noted English illustrator who is best known for his beautiful illustrations for Lang's works. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Light shelf wear to spine tail, otherwise externally excellent. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: H. J. Ford. Near Fine .