The Fairy Books Origin and influence "The Crown Returns to the Queen of the Fishes". Illustration by H. J.
Ford for Andrew Lang's The Orange Fairy Book Folio Society editions of the Coloured Fairy Books The best-known volumes of the series are the 12 Fairy Books, each of which is distinguished by its own color. Andrew Lang's Fairy Books - also known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors - are a series of twelve collections of fairy tales, published between 1889 and 1910. Each volume is distinguished by its own color.
In all, 437 tales from a broad range of cultures and countries are presented. A complete illustrated bibliography list of all of Andrew Lang's Rainbow Fairy Books (akathe colored or coloured fairy books), including their contents. The Brown Fairy Book (Paperback) by Andrew Lang (Editor) (shelved 1 time as colored-fairytale-series) avg rating 4.08 - 1,305 ratings.
Description: A pioneering collection of fairy tales edited by Andrew Lang with contributions from his wife (L eonora Blanche Alleyne), and other literary collaborators. Lang's books played a crucial role in popularizing fairy tales for children and adults alike. They influenced later collectors, authors, and scholars of folklore, including J.R.R.
Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and the field of children. The Lang fairy books are twenty-five collections of stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne.
The best-known books of the series are the twelve collections of fairy tales, also known as Andrew Lang's colored fairy books, or Andrew Lang's fairy books of many colors, or the rainbow fairy books. Translated into readable modern. Find the complete The Coloured Fairy Books book series by Andrew Lang & Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang.
Great deals on one book or all books in the series. Free US shipping on orders over $15. Vintage children's series of collected fairy tales.Sometimes, this series is known as the Lang Fairy Books from the author, Andrew Lang, and sometimes, it's called the Color Fairy Books because all of the book covers are different colors and the books are named after their colors.
This book forms part of Andrew Lang's 'Coloured' Fairy Books series - a series of twelve collections of fairy tales, published between 1889 and 1910. Each volume is distinguished by its own colour, and all in all, 437 tales from a wide array of cultures and countries are presented. Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist and literary critic, with a passion for folkloric story.
Note: 25 annual collections 1889 to 1913 of which the 12 "Coloured Fairy Books" are best known. Some are non-fiction, some are non-genre fiction. All are anthologies per Encyclopedia of Fantasy.
All are "Andrew Lang's Fairy Books" at Wikipedia. All may be "Fairy book series" in WorldCat libraries; eg, one record of the posthumous ''Strange Story Book'' (1913) OCLC 20474572. At least the 1908.