THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK - ANDREW LANG, H.J. Ford Illustrations - 3rd Edition, 1893

  Title: THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK

Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co.

City: London
Year: 1893 (3rd Edition)
Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 366 pages, with advertisements at end 
Illustrated: Yes (H.J. Ford)

Book Details + Condition: Third edition from 1893 of THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK by Andrew Lang, with wonderful illustrations by H.J. Ford. Green cloth-bound hardcover with decorated gilt on front and on spine. Slight shelfwear, but overall a clean and tight copy. Slight lean. Please see pictures. Fairytales included in The Green Fairy book: The Blue Bird; The Enchanted Watch; Fairy Gifts; The Three Little Pigs; The Enchanted Ring; The Enchanted Swan; The Enchanted Snake; The Story of the Three Bears; The Golden Mermaid; and so much more. In his Preface to this volume, Lang expressed the view that it would be "probably the last" of the collection. Their continuing popularity, however, demanded subsequent collections. In The Green Fairy Book, the third in the series, Lang has assembled stories from Spanish and Chinese traditions.