A bright copy of this late nineteenth century book of fairy tales by noted author Andrew Lang. The first edition of this work, with frontispiece, numerous illustrated vignettes, and eight illustrated plates. Collated, complete.An anthology of stories for children from Scottish collector of folk and faerie tales Andrew Lang, there are over twenty stories to this volume, including 'Casanova's Escape', 'Captain Snelgrave and the Pirates', 'The Escapes of Cervantes', 'Baron Trenck' and 'The Kidnapping of the Princes'.Numerous popular illustrators collaborated with Lang on this work, including L. Bogle, Lucien Davis, Lancelot Speed, H. J. Ford and C. H. M. Kerr.Containing an inscription of a previous owner to the page recto to the frontispiece: 'Emily Smith, Beech House, Haslington'.This copy came from the library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire, the previous home of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie (1902-1968). She was an English socialite and through her mother was the illegitimate granddaughter o