The Blue Fairy Book: Illustrated

The Blue Fairy Book: Illustrated by Andrew Lang. The first edition consisted of 5000 copies, which sold for 6 shillings each. The book assembled a wide range of tales, with seven from the Brothers Grimm, five from Madame d'Aulnoy, three from the Arabian Nights, and four Norse stories, among other sources. This 1921 Cornell's version of The Blue Fairy Book, the first in the series and originally published in 1889, has lovely high-colour and black and white illustrations, and includes the following stories: The Bronze Ring / Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess / East of the Sun and West of the Moon / The Yellow Dwarf / Little Red Riding Hood / The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood / Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper / Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp / The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was / Rumpelstiltskin / Beauty and the Beast / The Master Maid / Why the Sea Is Salt / The Master Cat or Puss in Boots / Felicia and the Pot of Pinks / The White Cat / The Water-lily, etc...