The Art of Book Design: The Lilac Fairy Book


Andrew Lang. The Lilac Fairy Book. Illustrated by H.J. Ford. New York (etc.), Longmans, Green, and co., 1910.

We’ve reached the last book of the Andrew Lang coloured fairy series. The Lilac book was published in 1910, at a time when illustrated fairy tales were going out of fashion. It’s filled with the whimsical drawings of H.J. Ford and, as usual, I’ve attached all of the full-page drawings below the fold. The entire set of 12 books are all linked at the end of the post. Enjoy.

Frontispiece, The Lilac Fairy Book.

Page 7, The Lilac Fairy Book.

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via: The Internet Archive

Link to last week’s The Orange Fairy Book

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