THE OLIVE FAIRY BOOK

First edition with these illustrations; first Folio Society edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth illustrated and with titles in gold, red, white and black to the upper board and spine, housed in the red card slipcase. Top edge green. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, 13 further full page colour plates and tail pieces in black and white by Kate Baylay. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed, structurally sound slipcase.

First published in 1907 with illustrations by Henry Justice Ford, this newly illustrated edition features an introduction by Jane Yolen. The volume contains 29 stories including Madschun; The Blue Parrot; Geirlug The King's Daughter; The Story of Little King Loc; A Long-Bow Story; Jackal or Tiger?; The Comb and the Collar; The Thanksgiving of the Wazir; Samba the Coward; Kupti and Imani; The Strange Adventures of Little Maia; Diamond Cut Diamond; The Green Knight; The Five Wise Words of the Guru; The Golden-Headed Fish; Dorani; The Satin Surgeon; The Billy Goat and the King; The Story of Zoulvisia; Grasp All, Lose All; The Fate of the Turtle; The Snake Prince; The Prince and the Princess in the Forest; The Clever Weaver; The Boy Who Found Fear At Last; He Wins Who Waits; The Steel Cane; The Punishment of the Fairy Gangana; The Silent Princess.