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The Blue Fairy Book

Andrew Lang

First published 1889
Series Coloured Fairy Books #1
Publisher Longmans, Green and Co.
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Pages viii+390
Price 6/-

37 stories Author and translator credits: see the 1st ed. for some detail notes.

Wikipedia lists 37 titles and notes "a wide range of tales, with seven from the Brothers Grimm, five from Madame d'Aulnoy, three from the Arabian Nights, and four Norwegian fairytales, among other sources. The Blue Fairy Book was the first volume in the series, and so it contains some of the best known tales ..."

"Thirty-five fairy tales from the folklore of England and the Continent, including The Princess on the Glass Hill, Snow-White and Rose-Red, Beauty and the Beast, Why the Sea is Salt, and The Yellow Dwarf" --1959 Library of Congress record {{LCCN|59-13481}}, WorldCat {{OCLC|1161998}}

For the 1889 and 1921 publications we list 37 stories with page numbers, and cite images viewed at HathiTrust and Internet Archive. Some later editions may omit some stories, without change of the anthology title or notice in readily available library and bookseller data.

  • Price from Wikipedia, "The Langs' Fairy Books", this volume only: "The first edition consisted of 5,000 copies, which sold for 6 shillings each."
  • Data from HathiTrust scan.
  • Interior artist credit per title page.
Story author credits are either:
  • Listed in a footnote at the end of the story. Where footnotes are present, the credit is from the footnote.
  • Listed as the author and translator in the preface. Where footnotes are not present, the credit is from the preface.
Credits:
  • "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp" is listed as "condensed" by Miss {{a|Violet Hunt}}, and has been credited to her as an adaptation of the original.
  • "A Voyage to Lilliput" is listed as "condensed" by Miss {{a|May Kenall}}, and has been credited to her as well as Swift as an adaptation of the original.
  • "Prince Darling" is from Cabinet des fées
  • "The Black Bull of Norroway" and "The Red Etin" are from Popular Traditions of Scotland
  • Miss {{a|Minnie Wright}} translated the works from Cabinet des fées, Madame d'Aulnoy, and "The Bronze Ring"
  • Miss {{a|May Sellar}} translated Grimm's stories.
  • Mrs. {{a|Alfred Hunt}} translated Asbjornsen & Moe's stories.
  • {{a|Comtesse d'Aulnoy}} is credited as both Madame d'Aulnoy and Madame la Comtesse d'Aulnoy

No ISBN on record — searching by title and author.

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 The Bronze Ring Carnoy & Nicolaides Short Story
12 Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess Madame Leprince de Beaumont Short Fiction
19 East of the Sun & West of the Moon Asbjornsen & Moe Short Story
30 The Yellow Dwarf Madame d'Aulnoy Novelette
51 Little Red Riding-Hood Charles Perrault Short Fiction
54 The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood Charles Perrault Short Story
64 Cinderella; or, the Little Glass Slipper Charles Perrault Short Story
72 Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp Miss Violet Hunt Short Fiction
86 The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was Grimm Short Fiction
96 Rumpelstiltzkin Grimm Short Fiction
100 Beauty and the Beast Madame de Villeneuve Short Story
120 The Master-Maid Asbjornsen & Moe Short Story
136 Why the Sea Is Salt Asbjornsen & Moe Short Story
141 The Master Cat; or, Puss in Boots Charles Perrault Short Fiction
148 Felicia and the Pot of Pinks Madame la Comtesse d'Aulnoy Short Fiction
157 The White Cat Madame la Comtesse d'Aulnoy Novelette
174 The Water-Lily. The Gold-Spinners uncredited Short Story
182 The Terrible Head Andrew Lang Short Story
193 The Story of Pretty Goldilocks Madame d'Aulnoy Short Fiction
206 The History of Whittington Mr. Gomme & Mr. Wheatley Short Story
214 The Wonderful Sheep Madame d'Aulnoy Short Fiction
231 Little Thumb Charles Perrault Short Fiction
242 The Forty Thieves uncredited Short Story
251 Hansel and Grettel Grimm Short Fiction
259 Snow-White and Rose-Red Grimm Short Fiction
266 The Goose-Girl Grimm Short Fiction
274 Toads and Diamonds Charles Perrault Short Story
278 Prince Darling uncredited Short Story
290 Blue Beard Charles Perrault Short Story
296 Trusty John Grimm Short Fiction
304 The Brave Little Tailor uncredited Short Fiction
313 A Voyage to Lilliput Swift & Miss May Kendall Short Fiction
332 The Princess on the Glass Hill Asbjornsen & Moe Short Story
342 The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou uncredited Novelette
374 The History of Jack the Giant-Killer uncredited Short Story
380 The Black Bull of Norroway Robert Chambers Short Story
385 The Red Etin Robert Chambers Short Story
bp Preface (The Blue Fairy Book) Andrew Lang Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Blue Fairy Book Cover 1921 David McKay Hardcover Anthology Frank Godwin 303
The Blue Fairy Book Cover 1959 Epstein & Carroll Hardcover Anthology 445
The Blue Fairy Book Cover 1972 Airmont Books Paperback Anthology CL196 383
The Blue Fairy Book 2003 The Folio Society Hardcover Anthology Charles van Sandwyk 400
The Blue Fairy Book Cover 2007 LibriVox digital audio download Anthology H. J. Ford
The Blue Fairy Book 2009 Project Gutenberg eBook Anthology 503
The Blue Fairy Book Cover 2012 Dover Publications eBook Anthology
The Blue Fairy Book Cover 2012 Wildside Press Trade Paperback Anthology 416
The Blue Fairy Book Cover 2013 1st World Publishing Hardcover Anthology 420
The Blue Fairy Book Cover 2013 1st World Publishing Trade Paperback Anthology 420
The Blue Fairy Book Cover 2013 Heraklion Press eBook Anthology
The Blue Fairy Book Cover 2013 Hesperus Press eBook Anthology
The Blue Fairy Book Cover 2013 Hesperus Press Hardcover Anthology 373
The Blue Fairy Book: A Large Collection Cover 2014 Start Publishing eBook Anthology
The Blue Fairy Book Cover 2017 Barnes & Noble Books Hardcover Anthology Vartan Ter-Avanesyan 332
The Blue Fairy Book Cover 2017 Open Road Integrated Media eBook Anthology
The Blue Fairy Book Cover 2018 Racehorse for Young Readers Hardcover Anthology 384