THE VIOLET FAIRY BOOK

First edition with these illustrations; first Folio Society edition, first printing. Publisher's original violet cloth illustrated and with titles in silver, white, black and yellow to the upper board and spine, housed in the violet card slipcase. Top edge violet. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, 14 further full page colour plates and tail pieces in black and white by Robert Venables. 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 1901 with illustrations by Henry Justice Ford, this newly illustrated edition features an introduction by Alison Lurie. The volume contains 35 stories including A Tale Of the Tontlawald; The Finest Liar in the World; The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars; Schippeitaro; The Three Princes and their Beasts; The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan; The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples; The Lute Player; The Grateful Prince; The Child who came from an Egg; Stan Bolovan; The Two Frogs; The Story of a Gazelle; How a Fish swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water; Two in a Sack; The Envious Neighbour; The Fairy of the Dawn; The Enchanted Knife; Jesper Who Herded the Hares; The Underground Workers; The History of Dwarf Long Nose; The Nunda, Eater of People; The Story of Hassebu; The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet; The Monkey and the Jelly-fish; The Headless Dwarfs; The Young Man Who Would Have His Eyes Opened; The Boys with the Golden Stars; The Frog; The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground; The Girl Who Pretended to be a Boy; The Story of Halfman; The Prince Who Wanted to See the World; Virgilius the Sorcerer; Mogarzea and his Son.