Folio Society Andrew Lang Complete Rainbow Fairy Book Collection | Beautiful Fairy Tales
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- An in-depth review of the complete Folio Society's Andrew Lang Rainbow Fairy Book collection (links to buy below) - as well as Lang's Nursery Rhyme book. Companion article here: bit.ly/FolioFairy
I've included an overview of what sort of tales you can expect to find in each book, as well as leafing through each volume so you can see the different illustrations in each.
This is my first video, so do I hope you enjoy it, and please leave me plenty of feedback on what you liked and how I could improve when I make the next one. This video is the first in what will I hope to be a long series of videos of beautiful books, since I have been collecting them for 30 years and I'd love to share my collection with you.
An in-depth review of the Folio Society Books is available on my website here: beautifulbooks.info/illustrate...
And if you're interested in the original editions (with their glorious decorative bindings), or a complete list of contents of the stories in each of the books, you can find them here: beautifulbooks.info/illustrate...
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Some book links below are affiliate links for which I may be compensated. Timestamps and purchase links for books covered in this video:
2:06 ► Blue Fairy Book - Charles van Sandwyk: bit.ly/FSBlueFairy
3:07 ► Red Fairy Book - Niroot Puttapipat: bit.ly/FSRedFairy
4:04 ► Green Fairy Book - Julian de Narvaez: bit.ly/FSGreenFairy
4:55 ► Yellow Fairy Book - Danuta Mayer: bit.ly/FSYellowFairy
5:49 ► Pink Fairy Book - Debra McFarlane: bit.ly/FSPinkFairy
6:53 ► Grey Fairy Book - Lauren Nassef: bit.ly/FSGreyFairy
7:44 ► Violet Fairy Book - Bob Venables: bit.ly/FSVioletFairy
8:35 ► Crimson Fairy Book - Tim Stevens: bit.ly/FSCrimsonFairy
9:37 ► Brown Fairy Book - Omar Rayyan: bit.ly/FSBrownFairy
10:30 ► Orange Fairy Book - Tomislav Tomič: bit.ly/FSOrangeFairy
11:32 ► Olive Fairy Book - Kate Baylay: bit.ly/FSOliveFairy
12:22 ► Lilac Fairy Book - Caitlin Hackett: bit.ly/FSLilac
13:17 ► Nursery Rhyme Book - L Leslie Brooke & Debra McFarlane: bit.ly/FSNursery
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📚More info and links on how to find the books → bit.ly/FolioFairy
This series is now out of print, but there are links to pre-loved copies in the description box and down below if you're looking for something in particular...
► Blue Fairy Book - Charles van Sandwyk (OOP): bit.ly/FSBlueFairy
► Red Fairy Book - Niroot Puttapipat (OOP): bit.ly/FSRedFairy
► Green Fairy Book - Julian de Narvaez (OOP): bit.ly/FSGreenFairy
► Yellow Fairy Book - Danuta Mayer (OOP): bit.ly/FSYellowFairy
► Pink Fairy Book - Debra McFarlane (OOP): bit.ly/FSPinkFairy
► Grey Fairy Book - Lauren Nassef (OOP): bit.ly/FSGreyFairy
► Violet Fairy Book - Bob Venables (OOP): bit.ly/FSVioletFairy
► Crimson Fairy Book - Tim Stevens (OOP): bit.ly/FSCrimsonFairy
► Brown Fairy Book - Omar Rayyan (OOP): bit.ly/FSBrownFairy
► Orange Fairy Book - Tomislav Tomič (OOP): bit.ly/FSOrangeFairy
► Olive Fairy Book - Kate Baylay (OOP): bit.ly/FSOliveFairy
► Lilac Fairy Book - Caitlin Hackett (OOP): bit.ly/FSLilac
► Nursery Rhyme Book - L Leslie Brooke & Debra McFarlane (OOP): bit.ly/FSNursery
If anyone's curious why they've been so slow to reprint them, they recently replied to someone on twitter saying, "The software that we once used to send designs to the printers has been phased out, so all the artwork for older books would need to be recreated from scratch in different design software. Unfortunately this is quite a job for some of the intricate artwork!". I'm glad I collected the set shortly after they went out of print, but I've seen the more obscure ones go for reasonable prices occasionally so it's definitely possible.
Thanks so much for sharing that update! There are so many people still collecting this series, I hope they eventually decide it's worth the effort!
So far I have 2 of the Folio Society rainbow fairy books. The pink one and the red one. It is a dream of mine to someday own this whole set by the Folio Society. Oh, if only they weren't so expensive as well as out of print! I want this whole set almost as much as I want world peace.
PiscesGirl They are lovely - and keep the faith, as the Folio Society have said they are considering reprinting a few times...
I’m an aspiring folklorist and hope that this collection which’s existence I recently came to know will complete my folk section in my personal library.
It’s a fabulous collection. I’d love to hear more about your folklorist aspirations ❤️
@@BeautifulBooks I’ve always been fascinated by the knowledge and depth this tales have been able to convey with such simplicity directly into the psyche of peoples in their respective culture. The writings of Alan Dundes have been a huge inspiration and also I’ve found there’s a new wave of thinkers that are putting tremendous emphasis on the psychological significance of these ageless tales and that has helped me to understand not only the circumstances in which they were written but also how they help to explain the very fabric of our reality. It’s a field that’s worth a lifetime of dedication to its study.
I want to crawl through the screen and embrace all the books !!!
Ha, I feel that way about all the beautiful books (but I also don't want to let go - the plan is to crawl back through the screen holding them all, ha ha)
I have watched this video more than 3 times now. Your collection is just Beautiful!
Thanks, that's so sweet of you 💕
These stories used to be the sociological threads of knowledge that held the people of the past together. Amazing collection.
I recognize some of the artwork from when I was a child. I don't think we had a whole collection but I remember the blue book and maybe the green book.
0:00 Start
1:00 The folio society collection
2:06 The blue fairy book
3:07 The red fairy book
4:04 The green fairy book
5:49 The pink fairy book
6:53 The grey fairy book
7:44 The violet fairy book
8:35 The crimson fairy book
9:37 The brown fairy book
10:30 The orange fairy book
11:32 The olive fairy book
12:22 The lilac fairy book
13:17 Nursery Rhyme book
These books are absolutely beautiful and the Nutcracker Music sounds delightful in the background!
These are unbelievably beautiful!!!! Thank you so much for sharing. I thought your video was incredibly well done - excellent pacing, lovely visuals, great audio. Looking forward to many more videos!!!
Thanks for the lovely comment, very sweet of you to say :) Yes, this is one of my most beautiful book collections, FS chose some incredible artists for this series.
love that stop motion at the front lol
When I see these go for more than the first editions my soul weeps and laughs at the same time.
I know, the second hand prices for these volumes are crazy. FS have indicated a few times that they are considering reprinting them though, so there is hope for people trying to build a collection.
I am a Brian Froud collector (my oldest item being a 1971 Romeo and Juliet), these books are my dream but they go around 6000 for the entire sealled collection, just crazy and so out of my possibilities. I'll try to start with the blue one (obviously) and maybe someday I will be able to gather them all. ❤📚
I know, it’s such a shame. I remain hopeful that one day Folio will reprint them as the prices are ridiculous and have put the collection so far out of reach these days.
Thank you, beautiful format (not only a book description, but a lot of background information as well). I really hope, you’ll continue to make these reviews, so I've subscribed.
Shantramora Thanks so much for your lovely words (and for subscribing)! I’m already working on the next few, so they should be up soon! 💕
Gorgeous! I wish I could complete my collection! :)
BookCravings I just know you will find the last ones eventually! Some of my favourite sets have taken me many years to complete and it’s such a joy when you finally track down that last volume 😀 which ones do you still need?
daisybananabooks I won’t give up, but I still have to track half of them lol. I hope FS reprint them one day...
I couldn't believe it when you said this was your first video!! It's so well filmed and edited and very informative, I subscribed after seeing this video alone and am really enjoying all your videos! I have the red and pink fairy book in my collection but after seeing this am definitely inspired to hunt down more of the rest, the beautiful illustrations in the brown fairy book have especially caught my eye!
Ale30 Thanks - that’s so lovely of you to say 💕 I’m always thrilled if my videos help people find books they are interested in - lots of my collections take a long time to track down, and I love finding new editions to ‘hunt’ myself 😀
Gorgeous books!
Absolutely gorgeous books.
I've been slowly hunting both these editions and the first editions down, I have the red fairy book of the folio society, and three first editions (The Grey, Brown and Green fairy books) and a 1907 new impression of the violet fairy book, they're so flamming hard to get!
Oh, that's great! I think you will love your collection all the more for building it slowly too - every volume will come with a story 😀
Your collection is so beautiful! Your channel name is perfect. 💖
Aw, thanks 💕
I’m so glad I picked these up as soon as they were published can’t believe I have the full set plus I only just recently got the nursery rhymes book to finish the collection off
Congrats, they are a lovely set and really hard to come by these days! 😃
Thanks for the review!
Why does The Folio Society love me so much?
What a gorgeous presentation! Thank you so much! I actually saw this video a couple of years ago and it was one of the main inspirations for me creating my own channel :) Two year later, the insane cost of these beauties doesn't seem anywhere near as insane any more ;P It's amazing what exposure to lovely books can do.
I wonder if you can help, though: How often have you seen these books come in and out of print? Am I likely to ever see a new printing of the Red Book for example? or of the much rarer Brown or even Orange books? I'd be very grateful for your gut feeling on this!
Thanks again for your wonderful work!
Foolish Fish Oh thanks, that’s so lovely to hear! The first four or five books they released in the series were reprinted several times, which is why they are much cheaper if you are looking for them secondhand (blue, red, green etc), but the last few (brown, orange, grey) were printed only once, and in smaller numbers as they were primarily marketed at people who had been collecting the series for several years and intended to complete it, so they come on to the market much more rarely (and even then often as part of a set). Folio commissioned the artwork themselves (and the text of course is out of copyright) so they have the rights to reprint and have often hinted that they will do so “some day”. As I understand it, there was some issue when moving between software programs a few years ago that caused them to lose the layout they had, so reprinting would require re-doing all the text and artwork, so it’s a bit more involved than you’d expect for a reprint. They do get a lot of requests to reprint this series though, and their editorial direction of late has included a lot more fantasy type works (meaning their customer base is expanding away from their historically more classical readers), so my gut feeling is that it’s something they probably will do in future. It’s a lovely series and such a beautiful homage to the golden age of design 😀
@@BeautifulBooks Thank you so much for your response, it certainly gives me hope! 🌈 Fingers crossed, then! 😁
This review was wonderfully long, thankyou so much, I have always wanted to see inside each of these books. I actually thought the colour on the pages went all the way round, not just on the top
Thanks so much for watching ツ Despite having such uniform bindings, they really are very different inside...
Wow, you are amazing. Loving your videos and book collection. You’ve got a new fan. Looking forward to more videos! :)
Wendy Fraser Thanks - that’s so lovely of you to say! 😃
this is soothing to watch and listen.. hope to see more
Thanks so much - I have a few more in the pipeline already :)
evileyez5
I love love love love love love fairy tales and indeed stories in general more than enything
Izzi Stockton Me too 💕💕💕
hello beautiful beautiful, I loved the illustrations, they are beautiful
Thanks - the artists they chose for these books are brilliant!
Very well done overview!
Thanks for the lovely comment, glad you enjoyed it!
This is making me want to have that book
I need to buy all Andrew Lang Fairy Books since well I love fairy tales
It's an amazing collection of stories, and I love that it has tales from all around the world ㋡
Me too
Great video!
Thanks so much!
Wow!
Oh dear I’m drooling 😭 I’ll never be able to afford these
I do think FS will eventually release them again (fingers crossed)
thanks for sharing
Thanks for the video! 💜 are the books colored edges only on the top and bottom? Not in the middle?
Yes, that's right. The fairy books are colored only on the top edge of the page block. (This is actually pretty common with vintage books, which is the design aesthetic they were going for with this series. Although I personally prefer colour on all the sides!)
What an amazing collection! Thank you for this information packed video. I only managed to find the first five books (colours). I wonder why the later books are harder to find and when they do come up for sale, they are asking or sold at what I would consider to be rather too high prices? ($300-600!) Did FS print less of them later on, or people suddenly began collecting them more later on so they are on higher demands? I would have thought that earlier printings or editions are harder to find....
Murasaki & Co Yes, FS printed less of the later colours, which is why they are much harder to find and therefore more expensive. The series was promoted heavily in the beginning, so there were several print runs of the first few books. In addition, the last three books were mostly marketed directly to people who had previously been collecting the series, so they are not so often sold individually. Best of luck in building your collection (they are all gorgeous books) and take heart that FS have indicated they may reprint the series some day...
Beautiful Books Ah thanks for that info. I did scratch my head a little thinking that there are generally less of earlier publications. However these are of well known classic books after all so I guess that general rule doesn’t really apply and that make sense. Thank you so much for your response!
The ancestor of rainbow magic
Lisa Bailey oz baby 💕🌈📚
Luckily I can still enjoy them through other publishers with a cheaper price tag, however these larger editions would make reading them more enjoyable. My entry into this collection, the blue book, is probably from the 80s and half the size of these Folio editions (also falling apart).
The illustrations in these are particularly special, but for anyone just wanting the stories, they are free on Gutenberg too!
Hello i love ur description of the books! It's amazing!! I have a question, where can i get these books? And are they available in paperback?? I just love fairytales, it made our human life less dull 👑
Thanks, that's so lovely of you to say :) These particular Folio Society illustrated editions are out of print now, so you can only buy them second hand (there are links in the description box). But if you are just interested in the stories then the cheapest paperback editions are probably the ones put out by Dover - these have the original black & white illustrations by HR Ford. I too am fascinated by fairy tales and folklore!
@@BeautifulBooks oh my godd thanks u so muchhh, i love these fairytales thanks for the infoo!!
@@98tirah No problems - always happy to help out a fellow fairy tale fan :)
Just found this channel. Wow how can you afford allllll these books?! Would love to see a video showing your house and bookshelves to see how they are arranged!
I want to start collecting these fairy books over time but not sure whether to go folio or vintage. I can’t mix and match due to book ocd reasons 😂
Are any cheaper or easier to find? Any thoughts from anyone would be appreciated. Thanks all!
Roo Welcome 😀 I have been collecting for a long time, and buying the FS Fairy Books once a year at the issue price was very much more affordable than for anyone trying to pick them up now after they have gone out of print! I also source a lot of my books second hand and have patience in waiting until I find an affordable copy (I’ve figured out how to do amazing things with library discards, for example, by learning to repair tears and replace endpapers, which helps a lot with budgeting). The Folio Society commissioned these illustrations especially for their series, so if these pictures appeal strongly to you, then you should go with the FS editions (the earlier books in the series can be found for reasonable prices second hand, and they may in future reprint the others again - it has happened before with other very popular books of theirs). The vintage first edition copies have absolutely stunning bindings and nice b&w illustrations (my website has a list of all these covers if you’d like to look), but are probably as hard if not harder to build a full set with due to rarity and popularity. Easton Press did a leather-bound set set based on the first editions which has great shelf appeal but is similarly expensive and rare. If you just want the stories, Dover put out an inexpensive matched set of paperbacks with the illustrations from the first editions - the glued bindings probably won’t last a particularly long time, but it’s a cheap cute option. Good luck!
Such a great video! I love the whole set. I just wish they were not out of print.
Robin Summers Thank you 😀 You can find the earlier ones relatively cheaply second hand, and FS have hinted they might bring the series back which would help with the later ones which can go for insane prices - fingers crossed 🤞
thank you .. I just looked and found a full set of the fairy book collection. Unfortunately the price was almost 6.000 dollars. Yikes!!
Robin Summers Yes, I definitely recommend looking for single volumes if you’re building up from scratch! It’s only the last three that are hard to find/expensive. And if you do it one or two a year (which is how they were released) hopefully the last ones will be reissued by then...
It is my dream to own this set some day. They are practically non existent in Australia
I feel your pain - all the pretty hardbacks are hard to find in Oz... I had some luck sourcing a few 2nd hand with reasonable postage from the UK through the Abebook links in the description box above if you're game to try that?
+Beautiful Books thanks so much for that, I will certainly give it a try
KweenBee37 Good luck 🤞
I would love to have all these Andrew Lang books. Does is possible? Thank you very much.
Patience helps a lot with book collecting 😀 The early volumes in the FS series (blue, pink, red, etc) are relatively easy to find second hand, but the last few are much harder and therefore usually very expensive. There are links the books in the description box that you can follow to get an idea of the cost. FS might reprint them one day, but there are no guarantees. Good luck with your hunt 😘
Has anyone ever written a list of these in order of rarity. I know the last ones are more rare but would be interesting to have a list in an estimated order of rarity.
I can write you a rarity list now if you like ;) The first four (blue, pink, red, yellow,) are by far the most common, because they were given away as joining sets, and so they had several print runs. Green also had a few runs as many people were enticed to collect by the joining offer. Next in line is the 'middle volumes' (brown, violet, crimson) which are less common. Lilac and olive had a small print run, and grey and orange even slightly smaller, making these the rarest of the set. These last four were primarily bought by people who had been collecting the whole series (we received a mail-out when they were released but they were not widely advertised elsewhere) so they don't often come up on the second hand market except as part of a very expensive set.
How many books were there in the original collection?
These 12 books in the FS rainbow fairy book series are the same text and volumes as the ones in the original coloured fairy books by Andrew Lang (just the illustrations are different - the list of originals is here: beautifulbooks.info/illustrated-bibliographies/andrew-lang-the-original-rainbow-fairy-books/). But Lang also wrote a number of other story collections for children (e.g. The True Story Book, the Red Book of Animal Stories) making up a total collection of 25 books in the whole series including the rainbow fairy books.
WHERE DID YOU GET THESE?
I got them when they first came out direct from the Folio Society. Sadly they are out of print now, so you have to find them secondhand, but there is always a chance they will be reissued!
which books of these have foxes in these? I love to hear stories with foxes in them and I want to know which of these fairytales books have foxes and how many stories have them.
At least half of the books have tales starring foxes, and a few more have them as supporting characters. This page lists all the stories in each volume: beautifulbooks.info/illustrated-bibliographies/folio-society-rainbow-fairy-books/
The price of these online is absolutely crazy
I agree, they are insane. Still hoping they will be reprinted some day so more people can enjoy them!
Can these be purchased??
MBraithwaite
Hi - unfortunately they are currently out of print and can only be purchased second-hand.
Doesnt look like theyre bound in signatures and the illustrations arent the originals. Best to buy the Dover editions, published in the 60s, when Dover was still making perfect bindings and they have all the original illustrations. Later Dover stopped that and started using glued bindings. Still, they are the best, unless you can afford to buy original firsts, which are very expensive. I used to get the Dovers in 68 for $1.25 and read them to my wife every night when we went to bed. The illustrations used to make me think of the songs of Donovan. I still have several from that time, which I bought not too long ago from Ebay.
Actually, the FS volumes are all smyth sewn and are bound in signatures, but yes, they are definitely not the original illustrations - the illustrations for the series in this video were specially commissioned by the Folio Society and aren't available anywhere else. The original b&w illustrations that are used in the Dovers are quite lovely too of course :) There are a few other publishers who do versions with the original illustrations as well - Easton Press did some gorgeous leatherbound ones (but they are scarily expensive secondhand since they are out of print), and Barnes & Noble have done at least the Blue Fairy book as well which is quite nice. As you say, the current Dover editions are a bit rough quality though - I had one where the pages fell out after only a single reading :(
Which is your favorite of the books?
Ah, excellent - but impossible - question! This series has some of my favourite illustrators (particularly Charles van Sandwyk, Natee Puttapipat, Kate Baylay, Tomislav Tomič .. actually I could probably just list them all...), but the selection of tales is also important. Blue and red are classically stunning and have a lot of the more familiar tales, olive and lilac are beautiful and have some more interesting, less familiar tales... Do you have a favourite???
I just bought the Blue one but I’m thinking I’ll try to get at least the first 4 or 5. I’m most excited for the Yellow one for some reason!
GracerRacer Best of luck hunting them all down, I know you’ll enjoy them 💕
i really wanna buy but they are so expensive
Yes, they are crazy prices right now. Some of the colors are much cheaper than others 2nd hand and if you are patient you can get them at a reasonable price (e.g. blue, red), but the later ones in the series are seriously hard to find at all, let alone cheaply... Hopefully FS will reprint them again (they did bring blue back this year) so that everyone can enjoy them!
Are the stories good?
K Lu Absolutely. Lots of classics, as well as many unusual tales from different countries around the world.
Do you sell your collection?
Are you looking to buy this set, or were you just interested in general? I buy books for myself, not usually to on-sell (but I do occasionally sell if I'm offered a great price so that I can buy new books, ha - but this particular set is in Australia with me - can you imagine the shipping costs for a set like this? *shudders*).
If you are interested in buying this set of fairy books, the description box under the video has links to all the books so you can get an idea of what they are worth. Some are still available from FS direct (e.g. Red Fairy Book), some are very cheap to find second hand (e.g. Blue), and some are very rare and very hard to find (e.g. Olive) and are consequently ridiculously expensive. FS might reprint some day though!
Beautiful Books I am looking to find a nice edition of this particular collection for my son so he can keep it as a special present from his dad :)
Aw, what a lovely gift!!! Good luck in your hunt - it is a bit hard to find a full set at the moment (and the ones I've seen have been selling for $3000+), but as I said, there is always a chance that it will be reprinted by FS. Or if he's still young, you have time to build up the collection for him slowly - some of my sets took 10+ years to build, but I probably treasure them the most :)
Alas, very expensive!
or maybe its swanlake, I know its tchaicovsky😁
Waltz of the Flowers
Alas, Very expensive!
Raphael Dias Barcellos Yes, alas! Hopefully the Folio Society will release them again someday though (they have hinted that they might, so there is hope!)
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Derisch
Commentary is sloppy, slurred, speed-spoken and incoherent.
Thanks for taking the time to comment, and sorry for that Mark - this was one of my first videos. Hopefully they have improved, but always more to learn.