Format: A5

Size

Width: 148mm

Height: 210mm

Depth: 5mm

Interior: Plainm

Page Count: 80 Pages

Closure: No Closure

Colour: Purple

GSM paper weight: 100

Cover: Hardcover

Edge Printing: No

More Features

300 gsm decorative printed cover paper with rounded corners

All pages are perforated for easy tear-out

100 gsm cream-coloured FSC-certified, acid-free sustainable forest paper

Saddle-stitch binding in a thread colour that matches the cover design

Decorative front endpapers that showcase the cover design and provide the story behind the cover art

Name plate

Andrew Lang (1844–1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic and anthropologist, though he is best remembered as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang was greatly passionate about folklore, mythology and religion, and especially fascinated by mystical tales from other cultures.

It was this passion that led him to compile a collection of books known as Lang’s Fairy Books, which featured illustrations by Henry Justice Ford (1860–1941). Ford, a prolific and successful English artist and illustrator, captured the imagination of children around the world through his collaborations with not only Lang, but J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan), too.

Lang and Ford’s Fairy Books became a sensation among British schoolchildren and were sold internationally. Lang selected and edited 25 collections in total, beginning with the Blue Fairy Book in 1889 and ending with The Strange Story Book in 1913. Of those 25 books, 12 became a special series known as Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books of Many Colours, with each book named for the colour of the featured fairy.