The Yellow Fairy Book
Andrew Lang
Hardcover
(Longmans, Green & Co., Jan. 1, 1943)
Lang, Andrew ("edited by"). THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK. With Numerous Illustrations by H. J. Ford. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1943. First Edition is organized and edited by Andrew Lang. There were twelve in all, each a different color. In these books Lang retold many well-known fairy tales, not only for juveniles but also for adults. These fairy books were immensely popular holiday gifts among family members. THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK contains 48 brief fairy tales, including "The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus", "The Boy and The Wolves, or The Broken Promise", "The Glass Axe", "The Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World" and many other popular stories from Russia, Germany, France, Iceland and others. Beautiful. Full page plate illustrations by H.J. Ford.