Rare 1910 FIRST Printing LILAC FAIRY BOOK Andrew Lang Last in Series! H J Ford

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Rare 1910 Longmans, Green and Co FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of Andrew Lang's Last book in his Fairy Book Series ~ THE LILAC FAIRY BOOK ~ with 6 full page coloured plates, including tissue guarded frontis and numerous other black and white illustrations by H J Ford. Illustrations are beautiful! Hardcover, 369 pages, all edges gilt, with the following fairy tales: The Shifty Lad The False Prince andthe True The Jogi's Punishment The Heart of a Monkey The Fairy Nurse A Lost Paradise How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves The King of the Waterfalls A French Puck The Three Crowns The Story of a very bad boy The Brown Bear of Norway LIttle Lasse Moti The Enchanted Dear A Fish Story The Wonderful Tune The Rich brother and the Poor Brother The one-handed girl The bones of Djulung The Sea King's Gift The Raspberry Worm The Stones of Plouhinec The Castle of Kerglas The Battle of the Birds The Lady of the Fountain The four gifts The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok The Escape of the mouse The Believing Husbands The hoodie-crow The Brownie of the lake The winning of Olwen Book has all plates present and plates in good condition. Binding mod tight. Cover very stained. Some staining/smudging within. First blank endpage has 3" tear. Last blank endpage appears to be missing? Previous owner placed some white binding tape on front endpage to keep pages sturdy. read more