THE ORANGE FAIRY BOOK

First edition with these illustrations; first Folio Society edition, first printing. Publisher's original orange cloth illustrated and with titles in grey, gold, white and black to the upper board and spine, housed in the grey card slipcase. Top edge orange. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, 15 further full page plates and tail pieces in black and white by Tomislav Tomic. 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 1906 with illustrations by Henry Justice Ford, this newly illustrated edition features an introduction by Sara Maitland. The volume contains 33 stories including The Story of the Hero Makoma; The Magic Mirror; Story of the King who would see Paradise; How Isuro the Rabbit tricked Gudu; Ian, the Soldier's Son; The Fox and the Wolf; How Ian Direach got the Blue Falcon; The Ugly Duckling; The Two Caskets; The Goldsmith's Fortune; The Enchanted Wreath; The Foolish Weaver; The Clever Cat; The Story of Manus Pinkel the Thief; The Adventures of a Jackal; The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son; The Adventures of the Younger Son of the Jackal; The Three Treasures of the Giants; The Rover of the Plain; The White Doe; The Girl-Fish; The Owl and the Eagle; The Frog and the Lion Fairy; The Adventures of Covan the Brown-haired; The Princess Bella-Flor; The Bird of Truth; The Mink and the Wolf; Adventures of an Indian Brave; How the Stalos were Tricked; Andras Baive; The White Slipper; The Magic Book.