THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK

London: Folio Society, 2010. Book. Illus. by Paintings & Decorations By Danuta Mayer. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. SLIP CASE, pictorial cloth cover & spine, pp., xxiii, 358 , illustrated, colored frontis., full page colored plates, pictorial end papers, 2 line ink inscription at top of front end paper,else a fine copy, "First published by Longmans, Green and Co. in 1894. This edition follows the 1894 edition of the text, with some minor changes. Lang's original Preface has been abridged." A collection of traditional fairy tales from the folklore of Russia, Germany, France, Iceland, and America., edited by Andrew Lang, with an introduction by Maria-Tatar; CONTENTS: The cat and the mouse in partnership -- The six swans -- The dragon of the North -- Story of the emperor's new clothes -- The golden crab -- The iron stove -- The dragon and his grandmother -- The donkey cabbage -- The little green frog -- The seven-headed serpent -- The grateful beasts -- The giants and the herd-boy -- The invisible prince -- The crow -- How six men travelled through the wide world -- The wizard king -- The nixy -- The glass mountain -- Alphege, or the green monkey -- Fairer-than-a-fairy -- The three brothers -- The boy and the wolves, or the broken promise -- The glass axe -- The dead wife -- In the land of souls -- The white duck -- The witch and her servants -- The magic ring -- The flower queen's daughter -- The flying ship -- The snow-daughter and the fire-son -- The story of King Frost -- The death of the sun-hero -- The witch -- The hazel-nut child -- The story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus -- Prince Ring -- The swineherd -- How to tell a true princess - The blue mountains -- The tinder-box -- The witch in the stone boat -- Thumbelina -- The nightingale -- Hermod and Hadvor -- The steadfast tin-soldier -- Blockhead Hans -- A story about a darning-needle. Size: 4 to., ((26 cm).