Complete and unabridged, with 12 full-page plates by Victor Müller, Paul Sérusier and Karl Mediz. Thirty-five tales from Greek, Italian, Lithuanian and African collections, including the story of the man who would not tell a lie and the bird that spoke the truth. Lang's fairy books were assembled from scholarly sources and retold, mostly by women he employed and rarely named. Its 54 original illustrations have been carefully restored and coloured for this edition.