408 pages frontispiece and 12 full-page colour illustrations, Decorative embellishments on each page. The Red Fairy Book, Introduced by Marina Warner, Illustrated by Niroot Puttapipat. Decorative spine, distinctive cover design, and beautiful illustrations Gilt title/author boxes on the spine over color background thread-sewn pages for durability and strength, long-lasting high quality, acid-neutral paper Measured about 10" x 7½". Eleven (11) books factory sealed in shrinkwrap, and missing the Orange Fairy Book out of 12 book set. Niroot Puttapipat, Danuta Mayer, Julian de Narvaez, Charles van Sandwyk, Omar Rayyan, Tim Stevens, Lauren Nassef, Caitlin Hackett, Kate Baylay, Tomislav Tomic, Debra McFarlane, Bob Venables (illustrator). 3: Green Fairy Book: green slipcase 354pp. A stunning Volume of beautifully illustrated and presented volumes. Beautifully illustrated Folio Society editions of Andrew Lang?s Fairy Books with introductions and illustrations by modern authors and artists. (SC have some light shelf scuffs on edges.) Inside very clean & tight. In attractive pictorial coloured cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. Heavyweight, so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. The complete matching set in superb condition. Minor surface scuffs to lower face of some slipcases, otherwise Fine in like slipcases. Harlequin cloth blocked in colour and gilt to spine and upper boards, housed in plain variously coloured paper-covered slipcases. Each volume has pictorial endpapers, numerous line drawings within text and a varying number of colour plates, each by a different artist: "Blue", 2004, 17 plates by Charles von Sandwyck "Red" 2010, 16 plates by Niroot Puttapitpat "Green"2009, 14 plates by Julian Narvaez "Yellow" 2010, 13 plates by Danuta Mayer "Pink" 2011, 16 plates by Debra McFarlane "Grey" 2013, 13 plates by Lauren Nassef "Violet" 2010, 15 plates by Robert Venables "Crimson" 2011, 16 plates by Tim Stevens "Brown" 2010, 13 plates by Oman Rayan "Orange" 2013, 16 plates by Tomislav Tomic "Olive"2014, 14 plates by Kate Baylay "Lilac" 2014, 13 plates by Caitlin Hackett. Six of the volumes are First Folio printings (Green, Grey, Violet, Crimson, Brown & Orange), four are Second printings (Red, Yellow, Olive and Lilac) and two are Third printings (Blue and Pink). Children illustrated books fairy stories. The gold-spinners - The terrible head- The story of pretty Goldilocks - The history of Whittington - The wonderful sheep - Little thumb - The forty thieves - Hansel and Grettel - Snow-White and Rose-Red - The goose-girl - Toads and diamonds - Prince Darling - Blue Beard - Trusty John - The brave little tailor - A voyage to Lilliput - The princess on the glass hill - The story of Prince Ahmed and the fairy Paribanou - The history of Jack the Giant-Killer - The black bull of Norroway - The Red Etin. Contents: Introduction - Editor's preface - The bronze ring - Prince Hyacinth and the dear little princess - East of the sun and west of the moon - The yellow dwarf - Little Red Riding-Hood - The sleeping beauty in the wood - Cinderella or, The little glass slipper - Aladdin and the wonderful lamp - The tale of a youth who set out to learn what fear was - Rumpelstiltzkin - Beauty and the beast - The master-maid - Why the sea is salt - The master cat or, Puss in boots - Felicia and the pot of pinks - The white cat - The water-lily. Physical description: xvii,372 pages: ill. Remains particularly well-preserved overall tight, bright, clean and strong. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth in fine slipcase.
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