Beschreibung:

Lang (Andrew, editor). The Violet Fairy Book, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901, 8 colour plates, including frontispiece, numerous letterpress illustrations, some full-page, half-title with early ink inscription, stitching showing in places, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated purple cloth, extremities a little rubbed, rear cover a trifle marked, lightly toned spine very slightly frayed at ends, 8vo, together with The Green Fairy Book, 1st edition, 1892, numerous black & white illustrations, some full-page, some finger-soiling and minor marks, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth, extremities rubbed, toned spine with some fraying to ends and pale mark near foot, 8vo, plus The Orange Fairy Book, 1st edition, 1906, 8 colour plates, including frontispiece, numerous letterpress illustrations, some full-page, occasional spotting or marks, mainly at front and rear, front free endpaper with contemporary ink inscription, stitching strained, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated orange cloth, rubbed with some minor marks, gilt worn, toned spine with ends a little frayed, 8vo, with 4 other Andrew Lang 1st editions: The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Princes and Princesses (two copies), The Book of Romance, and 7 later editions, including 5 Fairy Books (Qty: 14) From the Library of Alan and Joan Tucker, Stroud, Gloucestershire.