[Andrew Lang, editor]. A Complete Set of Andrew Lang's Fairy Books, including: The Blue Fairy Book

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[Andrew Lang, editor]. A Complete Set of Andrew Lang's Fairy Books, including: The Blue Fairy Book. [and:] The Red Fairy Book. [and:] The Green Fairy Book. [and:] The Yellow Fairy Book. [and:] The Pink Fairy Book. [and:] The Grey Fairy Book. [and:] The Violet Fairy Book. [and:] The Crimson Fairy Book. [and:] The Brown Fairy Book. [and:] The Orange Fairy Book. [and:] The Olive Fairy Book. [and:] The Lilac Fairy Book. Edited by Andrew Lang. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889-1910. First editions. Twelve small octavo volumes. With numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford, J. P. Jacomb Hood, and Lancelot Speed, including color plates in The Violet Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, The Orange Fairy Book, The Olive Fairy Book, and The Lilac Fairy Book. Publisher's full harlequin cloth, gilt, decorative endleaves. The Violet Fairy Book and The Pink Fairy Book with dust jacket. Jackets worn, soiled and chipped, Pink Fairy jacket mounted onto paper. In general, all bindings rubbed and moderately worn, some overopened in a few places, several with previous owner's signatures or inkstamps. In general, a very good set, seldom found complete. Andrew Lang [1844-1912] was a Scottish scholar who carried on a tireless research in the field of folklore. "His 'coloured' fairy books have been popular with boys and girls since read more