The Blue Fairy Book - Folio Society - Beautiful Book Review

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4 жыл бұрын

My review of the Folio Society's edition of the Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang with illustrations by Charles van Sandwick
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@bookmedia67 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVE the Folio Society. Their Ulysses will always be in my collection. Haven't bought from them in awhile, but I've never been disappointed.

@FoolishFishBooks 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, a very high standard, for sure! Gorgeous books, and I'm constantly looking to see if there's anything from them I 'just can't live without' ;)

@ed-bo7jz 4 жыл бұрын

I recently stumbled upon your channel and WOW! This is some quality stuff; super interesting! Thank you for the great content :)

@FoolishFishBooks 4 жыл бұрын

😁 I'm so glad you're enjoying it! 👍 Thank you for the kind words!

@Vapingviper-rc4gx 4 жыл бұрын

Found this channel a couple of weeks ago, absolutely love it, I think I see a book collection in my future.. keep up the great reviews 👍👍👍👍

@seanodonnell3683 4 жыл бұрын

Oh well, there goes my saving goals!

@FoolishFishBooks 4 жыл бұрын

Hehe! I feel you there! 😬😄

@slim1one 3 жыл бұрын

I happened to find you through Beautiful Books. Love your reviews and that you take close up videos of the books. Thank you!

@FoolishFishBooks 3 жыл бұрын

Oh thank you! Beautiful Books is a big role-model of mine. She deserves a much larger following!!

@bethflynn5342 4 жыл бұрын

Just discovered your channel, Fish! Binge watching the last few days and enjoying the videos enormously. I am a book collector and an occultist so your content is right up my street. Thank you for creating and sharing your thoughts!

@FoolishFishBooks 4 жыл бұрын

Ha! Yes, sounds like you've found the right place 😄 Thank you so much for the kind words, it means a lot to me! Best wishes to you!

@mukundarora5138 3 жыл бұрын

Such Mesmerizing work of all such artists in this video gives me the reason to breathe in today's world which puts forth a crazy demand for doctors, engineers, lawyers, MBAs , IT BPO crowd. Long live the Artists , Long live the Values of art kept preserved. Amen.

@Carlo-V. 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful! Strange but i've been thinking about this series quite often lately ... mmmhh maybe it's another sign I have to buy them? Cheers Denis, great video as usual!!!

@FoolishFishBooks 4 жыл бұрын

It's taken me 2 years :'D I'm so pleased I've got them though, they're great fun to read, and super 'showy' on the shelf ;)

@Carlo-V. 4 жыл бұрын

I found out that Easton Press did a facsimile reprint of the originals, bound in leather. They are incredibly good looking but the prices are definitely beyond the average pocket. I may also recommend the B&N Leatherbound edition of "Fairy Tales From Around the World" which is a sort of "best of" from the rainbow series. It is a nice affordable edition with the original illustrations. I'm not sure whether it's still in print but it should be easy to find it in the second-hand market.

@dongoul 4 жыл бұрын

I love your book reviews, I also just starting with Barnes and noble and bought my first folio book, Fahrenheit 451, presently waiting. It’s unfortunate shipping costs are so high.

@FoolishFishBooks 4 жыл бұрын

For sure, those shipping costs are a killer for book collectors! Best wishes to you 😄

@garethcraddock9971 2 жыл бұрын

Just bought one of the final copies. I wonder if they'll release it again? Doesn't seem too likely. Anyway, that front cover is fantastic.

@pinkjam6032 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing Job man!! keep it up. Thanks for the videos..

@FoolishFishBooks 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it! :) Thanks for watching :D

@teostanciulescu9618 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your reviews, I really appreciate them, they are very helpful end enjoyable!

@FoolishFishBooks 4 жыл бұрын

Ah! I'm so glad you enjoy them! 😁 Thank you for the kind words!

@Carlo-V. 4 жыл бұрын

by the way ... I think the cloth is a type of sturdy buckram ... Folio used to bind their books with this type of cloth quite often in the past ...

@FoolishFishBooks 4 жыл бұрын

Right, just exactly what you want for this kind of book. Something attractive yet sturdy. They've fully nailed it!

@sarmadrehman404 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much ! I have been waiting for this

@sarmadrehman404 4 жыл бұрын

What do you suggest ! Should one go for " complete fairy tales of brothers Grimm by Barnes and noble" or " the annotated brothers Grimm by Maria Tatar" ??

@FoolishFishBooks 4 жыл бұрын

I'd get both... Or should I say: I intend to get both 😁 I didn't know about the annotated edition when I got the B&N edition. Maybe I'd have gone with the annotated first if I had.

@sarmadrehman404 4 жыл бұрын

@@FoolishFishBooks although it only has 36 tales out of all yet the annotated version seems pretty and it's one beautiful book to have. Illustrations are from Goble, Rackham and I guess dulac...! I have the original brothers Grimm by Jack zipes though but lack of illustrations makes the reading boring especially when you are reading it to young ones .

@FoolishFishBooks 4 жыл бұрын

@@sarmadrehman404 one thing I'll say is that the annotated illustrations are tiny. More of a suggestion to look up a larger version online, not so much an illustration per se, but the annotations do extend to the illustrations themselves.

@FoolishFishBooks 4 жыл бұрын

The Cala edition is beautiful. Again, incomplete, but lavishly illustrated. I have a review of you haven't seen it.

@tituscaesar 4 жыл бұрын

At 1.06min i can see a piano. I play too! Mostly classical. Playing the piano has kept me 'sane' during covid19. Is it a digital piano?

@FoolishFishBooks 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, the Kawai CN37 which seemed to be just the right price-point before steep rises for little difference. It's mostly my wife who plays, but I enjoy a little finger-stretch when the flat is empty😅

@cooperradley 4 жыл бұрын

Hey FF. Just to let you know - the folio society have a sale on right now of about 130 books. 😊👍🏼

@CreepyRecordings 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, I am an arabic translator who grew up reading English literature and am currently working on translating all the fairy books into arabic, its really a piece of art, im just not sure if it is in the public domain? also do you know where I can find public domain art for these books?

@FoolishFishBooks 2 жыл бұрын

The Andrew Lang books are in the public domain. No issue there. Public domain artists who illustrated these tales include Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen and Harry Clarke. I believe Jacob Grimm also illustrated many of his own tales. But a quick Google search should give you more than this. 👍

@jasondaniels1647 4 жыл бұрын

I watched this earlier today and I had already looked at these before but didn't get any. Yesterday I looked for the Penny Dreadful we talked about before to go with my Lewis Carroll from Barnes and nobles but they don't print it anymore. ( I'll find it somewhere) Anyway I just bought this blue fairy book off Esty like 20 mins ago. Barnes and nobles printed it so what I saw in the photos the cover is a little different than yours.

@FoolishFishBooks 4 жыл бұрын

Great news about the B&N Blue book. Let me know what you think of it if you get a chance. I would have got it if there were any indication that further books in the series might be published, but no news on that front for the past 2 years at least. So sorry to hear about Penny Dreaduls being out of print. Here's an option: www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=1435162765&sts=t

@jasondaniels1647 4 жыл бұрын

@@FoolishFishBooks I'll take a look at the Penny Dreadful. I'll also let you know about the blue book.

@paulhill2366 4 жыл бұрын

You might appreciate standardebooks.org, they release U.S. public domain books but go over to improve the typography and give them new covers using public domain art works. Be sure to check to see whether they're in the public domain in jurisdiction before downloading.

@FoolishFishBooks 4 жыл бұрын

Oh! Nice tip! 😁👍 Thank you!