The Orange Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang
The Orange Fairy Book is the tenth coloured Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang, first published by Longmans, Green and Co. in 1906 with illustrations by H. J. Ford. Its 33 tales include stories from Jutland, Uganda and Rhodesia as well as The Ugly Duckling.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Longmans, Green, 1906
- First published
- Longmans, Green and Co., 1906
The first edition of The Orange Fairy Book by Andrew Lang was published in New York [etc. by Longmans, Green in 1906. We track 2 editions.
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First edition
- 1st Longmans, Green1906 Hardback · Andrew Lang's Fairy Books 10 Sold £240 · Oct 2021 I own The Orange Fairy Book, Longmans, Green 1906 Log in to want this
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- Longmans, Green1907 Hardback · Andrew Lang's Fairy Books 10 I own The Olive Fairy Book, Longmans, Green 1907 Log in to want this
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Awards, adaptations and setting
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- Editions recorded
- 504 on Open Library, 458 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 1 language
- Free to read
- Project Gutenberg (out of copyright in the US)
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Who published the first edition of The Orange Fairy Book?
The first edition of The Orange Fairy Book by Andrew Lang was published in New York [etc. by Longmans, Green in 1906.
How many editions of The Orange Fairy Book are there?
We track 2 editions of The Orange Fairy Book, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Can I read The Orange Fairy Book for free?
Yes: the text is out of copyright in the United States and free to read on Project Gutenberg. Collectors still pay for the first edition, which is the physical object, not the words.
Where these facts come from
- The Langs' Fairy Books, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Andrew Lang's Coloured Fairy Books, Lilly Library Blog, Indiana University, 2016 (blogs.libraries.indiana.edu)
- Author:Andrew Lang, Wikisource (en.wikisource.org)
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