The Blue Fairy Book, Andrew Lang, 1893, 6th printing

The Blue Fairy Book published in 1893 by Longmans, Green and Co. The 6th printing.

A beautiful book in Andrew Lang's Rainbow Fairy Book Series featuring folklore and children's stories collected from all over the world. The Blue Fairy book was the first book published from this series.

Wear to Cover edges and corners with exposed board at corners. Crushed spine ends with fraying of cloth. Inscription on early title page. All pages present. One small section of pages loose and binding overall loose and shaken. Smudges and foxing spots throughout. A well loved, though very rare and beautiful book.

Contains the stories:
"The Bronze Ring"
"Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess"
"East of the Sun and West of the Moon"
"The Yellow Dwarf"
"Little Red Riding Hood"
"The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood"
"Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper"
"Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp"
"The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was"
"Rumpelstiltskin"
"Beauty and the Beast"
"The Master Maid"
"Why the Sea Is Salt"
"The Master Cat or Puss in Boots"
"Felicia and the Pot of Pinks"
"The White Cat"
"The Water-lily. The Gold-spinners"
"The Terrible Head"
"The Story of Pretty Goldilocks"
"The History of Whittington"
"The Wonderful Sheep"
"Little Thumb"
"The Forty Thieves"
"Hansel and Gretel"
"Snow-White and Rose-Red"
"The Goose-girl"
"Toads and Diamonds"
"Prince Darling"
"Blue Beard"
"Trusty John"
"The Brave Little Tailor"
"A Voyage to Lilliput"
"The Princess on the Glass Hill"
"The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou"
"The History of Jack the Giant-killer"
"The Black Bull of Norroway"
"The Red Etin"