Beschreibung:

The Crimson Fairy Book, 1st edition, Longmans, Green, 1903, eight colour plates, including frontispiece, numerous full-page letterpress illustrations, pictorial endpapers, bookplate of W.J. Harris on front pastedown, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine faded and rubbed at ends, front cover with upper corner bumped, 8vo, together with The Book of Princes and Princesses, by Mrs. Lang, 1st edition, Longmans, Green, 1908, eight colour plates, including frontispiece, numerous letterpress illustrations, some full-page, 6pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, endpapers spotted, upper hinge splitting, early ownership name on front free endpaper, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, some light rubbing and faint marks, but overall a bright copy, 8vo, together with The Violet Fairy Book, 1st edition, Longmans, Green, 1901, eight colour plates, including frontispiece, numerous full-page letterpress illustrations, some full-page, one with juvenile colouring, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated purple cloth, spine faded and frayed at ends, some markings on lower cover, 8vo, plus The Orange Fairy Book, 1st edition, Longmans, Green, 1906, eight colour plates, including frontispiece, numerous letterpress illustrations, some full-page, endpapers toned, bookplate of W.J. Harris on front pastedown, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated orange cloth, spine faded and slightly rubbed at ends, lower cover with some light dust-soiling, 8vo, plus fifteen other Andrew Lang books, including eight first editions, all in original cloth, some worn and defective (19)