Lang (Andrew, editor) The Orange Fairy Book
£195
London, New York & Bombay, Longmans, Green,, 1906.
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth extensively decorated in gilt to spine and upper cover.
A good example of this collection of fairy tales, one of Lang’s twenty-five ‘Rainbow Fairy Books’.
Out of stock
8 colour plates and numerous illustrations by Henry J. Ford.
A little softened at head of spine, minor rubbing, overall a very good copy.
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