michaelmoonsbookshop:michaelmoonsbookshop:The Blue Fairy Book Edited by Andrew Lang with numerous il
michaelmoonsbookshop:michaelmoonsbookshop:The Blue Fairy Book Edited by Andrew Lang with numerous illustrations by HJ Ford & GP Jacomb HoodLondon Longmans Green and Co 1893 Sixth Edition [First Published 1889]The first of Lang’s coloured fairy books. Lang had grown up with a love of myths and fables, and towards the end of the 1880s he decided, with his wife’s help, to collect and publish some of his favourite tales. The Blue Fairy Book was the result, published in 1889 it met with great critical acclaim. The tales include Cinderella, Aladdin. Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, Goldilocks and many other classics[sold] -- source link