One day I will have the real thing, but until then, here are the Blue and Orange Fairy books by Andrew Lang in 1:12 scale
The Orange Fairy Book by Andrew Lang is a twelfth scale handmade miniature leather book of vintage fairy tales with antique black and white and colour illustration.
It features a stitched orange leather binding with gold trimmed decoration on the cover and spine. This 12th scale miniaturized and abridged version contains approximately 72 pages with 16 black and white illustrations and 3 full page colour plates.
Binding: orange suede leather with decorative stitching
Paper: 100% cotton acid-free
Pages: hand-sewn signatures with gold coloured edges
End Papers: have a reproduced marbled design in blue tones
The original Orange Fairy Book was published in 1906 in London by Longmans, Green and Co., and featured fairy stories collected by Andrew Lang from many countries around the world. It was primarily illustrated by Henry J. Ford.
It is one of the series of fairy tale books edited by Andrew Lang that all feature colours in the title.
The Blue Fairy Book is a handmade miniature leather book of vintage fairy tales by Andrew Lang with antique black and white illustration in twelfth scale.
The 12th scale miniaturized and abridged version contains approximately 75 printed browsable pages with many black and white illustrations .
Binding: blue leather with decorative stitching
Paper: 100% cotton acid-free
Pages: hand-sewn signatures with gold coloured edges
End Papers: have a reproduced marbled design.
The original Blue Fairy Book was published in 1889 in London by Longmans, Green and Co., and features some of the best known fairy stories such as Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel. It was primarily illustrated by Henry J. Ford and is the first volume of the series of fairy tale books edited by Andrew Lang that all feature colours in the title.
The Etsy shop I purchase many tiny books from: LeafprinterBooks
So Iβve shared that Iβm a #BookCollector & that I have my regular #Library, #LittleLibrary, & #TinyLibrary
When I canβt afford the #RareAntiqueBooks, like in the case of the #Fairy books by #AndrewLang, I obsess & look for little versions.
Well, I found the orange and blue fairy books!
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