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Andrew Lang

Author, Editor, Compiler

(1844 - 1912)

Andrew Lang was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.



Bibliography

The Orange Fairy Book (1950)

A new set of illustrations for an old friend.

The Pink Fairy Book (1897)

A collection of fairy tales from many lands. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
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Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

The Pink Fairy Book (1982)

A collection of fairy tales from many lands. Brian Alderson has pruned, corrected and retranslated some of the stories for this edition.

Prince Prigio (1889)

At his christening, an evil fairy gives Prince Prigio the gift of being too clever. Fortunately, with the help of the magic gifts of his other fairy godmothers, everything turns out in the end. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s): Gordon Browne

Prince Prigio (1942)

At his christening, an evil fairy gives Prince Prigio the gift of being too clever. Fortunately, with the help of the magic gifts of his other fairy godmothers, everything turns out in the end.

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia (1893)

Having found his father King Prigio’s magic gifts, Ricardo becomes reckless and has to seek assistance from the Princess Jaqueline. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s): Gordon Browne

Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia (1979)

Prince Ricardo has discovered his father King Prigio’s magic articles and gone on a villain-slaying spree -- but now finds himself in trouble and must look to Princess Jaqueline for help.

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s): Klaas Bil

The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairyland (1884)

Richard Doyle drew a series of fairy illustrations. William Allingham then wrote poetry to go with them to produce the first book, In Fairy Land. Several years later, Andrew Lang wrote a fairy story to go with the illustrations. Read online at the Un... View More

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

The Rainbow Fairy Book (1993)

A selection of tales from the famous ‘Color’ fairy books.

Read online at archive.org.

The Red Book of Animal Stories (1899)

A collection of stories about animals, mainly true. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

The Red Book of Heroes (1909)

Biographies of people who were truly in earnest. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s): A. Wallis Mills

The Red Fairy Book (1890)

In this the second of his fairy books, Andrew Lang does take a hand in the writing. Read online at archive.org.

The Red Fairy Book (1924)

In this, his second fairy tale collection, Andrew Lang does take a hand in the writing.

Read online at archive.org.

The Red Fairy Book (1950)

In this, the second of his fairy tale books, Andrew Lang does take a hand in the writing.

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s): Marc Simont

The Red Fairy Book (1976)

In this the second of his fairy books, Andrew Lang does take a hand in the writing. This edition was edited by Brian Alderson who has eliminated a few stories and supplied stronger translations for others.

The Red Romance Book (1905)

A selection of stories from the old epics and some newer tales such as Don Quixote. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

The Red True Story Book (1895)

A collection of true stories of adventure and heroism. Read online at archive.org.

The Rose Fairy Book (1948)

A selection of tales from the Brown, Grey, Lilac, Orange and Pink Fairy Books.

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s): Vera Bock

The Strange Story Book (1913)

A collection or stories, some of them true, mostly fictitious. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

A Tale of Fairyland (The Princess Nobody) (2000)

Richard Doyle did a suite of fairy illustrations for which William Allingham wrote a poem. Several years later Andrew Lang wrote a fairy tale to go with the illustrations which is here republished by Dover with additional illustrations from the first... View More

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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