The Yellow Fairy Book

The Yellow Fairy Book. London: The Folio Society, 2008. Sealed, therefore unsure of printing number. Edited by Andrew Lang, with an introduction by Maria Tatar, paintings & decorations by Danuta Mayer. 252 × 193 × 52 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiii [xxiv–xxvi], 1–358: [13] leaves of plates. Type: Caslon with hand-drawn lettering for the title. Printed (the title-page in dark yellow and black) by Memminger MedienCentrum. Bound by Real Lachenmaier in series binding (see item 1124). Full dark yellow cloth with design by Mayer in green, black, gold and silver; green endleaves with a design in silver. Green slip case. First published in 1894. The 48 stories are punctuated by additional pen-and-ink drawings by Mayer

The tales: The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership; The Six Swans; The Dragon of the North; Story of the Emperor’s New Clothes; The Golden Crab; The Iron Stove; The Dragon and his Grandmother; The Donkey Cabbage; The Little Green Frog; The Seven-headed Serpent; The Grateful Beasts; The Giants and the Herd-boy; The Invisible Prince; The Crow; How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World; The Wizard King; The Nixy; The Glass Mountain; Alphege, or the Green Monkey; Fairer-than-a-Fairy; The Three Brothers; The Boy and the Wolves, or the Broken Promise; The Glass Axe; The Dead Wife; In the Land of Souls; The White Duck; The Witch and Her Servants; The Magic Ring; The Flower Queen’s Daughter; The Flying Ship; The Snow-daughter and the Fire-son; The Story of King Frost; The Death of the Sun-hero; The Witch; The Hazel-nut Child; The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus; Prince Ring; The Swineherd; How to tell a True Princess; The Blue Mountains; The Tinder-box; The Witch in the Stone Boat; Thumbelina; The Nightingale; Hermod and Hadvor; The Steadfast Tin-soldier; Blockhead Hans; A Story about a Darning-needle.

Brand-new and sealed, however with a few small bumps and dings, as pictured.