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The Rainbow Fairy Books (12 Volumes) Plus The Nursery Rhyme Book (1 Volume) Andrew Lang London The Folio Society 2003-2013, 2016 26cm x 19cm. 12 + 1 volumes. Illustrated cloth, slipcases. Quarto, extensively illustrated and in individual slipcases as issued. A complete set of The Folio Society edition of Andrew Lang s Rainbow Fairy Books. Lang s original fairy books were compilations of fairy tales from around the world, many appearing in English for the first time, and were extremely influential on the English imagination in the late 19th and early 20th century. This set is one of The Folio Society s most sought after productions with the later volumes in the series printed in smaller numbers, and with all volumes except Blue out of print and difficult to obtain. The books are bound in the usual Folio style with elaborately designed cloth covers in slipcases, and each volume with newly commissioned illustrations by: Blue: Charles van Sandwyk, Red: Niroot Puttapipat, Green: Julian de Narvaez, Yellow: Danuta Mayer, Pink: Debra McFarlane, Grey: Lauren Nassef, Violet: Bob Venables, Crimson: Tim Stevens, Brown: Omar Rayyan, Orange: Tomislav Tomic, Olive: Kate Baylay, and Lilac: Caitlin Hackett. PLUS The Nursery Rhyme Book (2016); L. Leslie Brooke and Debora McFarlane. FIRST EDITION THUS. Quarto. xxv,[1], 253 pp. Monochrome frontispiece plus line drawings in text by L. Leslie Brooke and 5 colour plates by Debra McFarlane. Publisher's pale metallic gold cloth with decoration in green, bronze, black and white to spine and upper board. Top edge pale gold; pictorial metallic gold pictorial endpapers; housed in plain emerald green slipcase. A fine, as-new copy, in a near fine slipcase. A beautifully illustrated collection of both popular and lesser known nursery rhymes, edited by Andrew Lang, known for his Rainbow Fairy Books. With an introduction by acclaimed poet and former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen. These books will have substantial weight. Freight will be dependent upon your address. Seller Inventory # 0141
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