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TALES FROM GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm; Wanda Gag. Illustrated by Wanda Gag.
Stock no. 1325910
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The translator (Gag) has included old favourites, less well-known and also several of the best tales hardly known or available in adequate English translations. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 247 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine bumped. Some light spotting to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned and spotted. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and slightly grubby with felt-tip pen marks to rtitles on rear panel.

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FAVORITE TALES FROM GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm; Nancy Garden. Illustrated by Mercer Mayer.
Stock no. 1325901
Published by Four Winds Press. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth spine with gilt title, beige boards. Orange endpapers. 224 pages. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0590077910. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and torn with some loss, small red mark to top edge of front panel.

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HOUSEHOLD TALES BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1324394
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth. Colour title-page which is double spread. Numerous b/w illustrations. Spine bumped with slight browning to top and tail. Some foxing else clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn withs ome loss, uneven fading to panels (spine looks like it may be faded but was actually printed like this).

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HOUSEHOLD TALES BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1823898
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Based chiefly on the Bohn collection of 1884 for which Andrew Lang wrote the introduction, but a few stories from other versions included. 56 b/w illustrations & 5 coloured plates including double-spread title page. Yellow cloth boards, blue titles. 303 pages. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and edge-rubbed, spine heavily faded and also rear panel at spine edge, a few edge-chips and scuffing.

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THE ANNE ANDERSON PICTURE BOOK
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 2134634
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Almost very good condition.

Orange/brown cloth spine. Large format. Pictorial boards. Numerous coloured and b/w illustrations by Anne Anderson, illustrating Hans Andersen and Grimms' Fairy Tales. Spine is faded. Bumping/some scuffing/wear to cover edges and a couple of corners. Surface paper damage to edge of rear cover. Page edge browning, but contents are still very good.

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GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Elenore Plaisted Abbott.
Stock no. 1318757
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons. 1941. Good condition.

Black cloth, large pictorial onlay to front. Cream decorated endpapers. 9 colour plates. 308 pages. 9.5 x 7". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Dent to top edge of rear cover. Title to spine has faded. Rear cover is grugbby. There is loss to the corners of the pictorial onlay. Rear joint is cracked. Some light grubby fingermarks at page margins else contents clean.

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HOUSEHOLD TALES BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 2131660
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth. Colour title-page which is double spread. Numerous b/w illustrations. Browning to top and tail of spine. Bumping to corners. Grubby marks to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins. Wrapper is faded to a couple of edges; torn with some loss; scuffed.

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THE GOLDEN BIRD
Written by Brothers Grimm; Neil Philip. Illustrated by Isabelle Brent.
Stock no. 2130702
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1st USA 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The youngest son's quest for the golden bird, the golden horse and the princess from the golden castle. Retold from the Brothers Grimm by Neil Philip. Colour illustrations. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0316705225.

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THE FAIRY-TALE OMNIBUS
Written by Brothers Grimm; Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 2129320
Published by Collins. 1943. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, yellow titles to front and spine. Colour frontis plate, b/w illustrations to text throughout, 4 other beautiful colour plates. Unpaginated. 10.25 x 7". A wonderful selection of well-known Fairy Tales by Grimm and Andersen. Bumping and wear to top and tail of spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Page browning. All plates present. Wrapper is creased with closed tears, but minimal loss; grubby marks.

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THE WISHING TABLE
Written by Brothers Grimm; Joan Cherry. Illustrated by Erhard Amadeus-Dier.
Stock no. 2126618
Published by Polytint Limited. Circa 1954. Almost very good condition.

The Polytint Fairy Tales, No 1. Dark pink cloth spine, pictorial boards. Pink and white striped endpapers. Lovely colour illustrations. Unpaginated. 10.5 x 7.5". Bumping and creasing to corners and spine. A little fraying to cloth. Front joint is partially cracked. Some page browning, light foxing.

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HOUSEHOLD TALES BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1816360
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Yellow cloth. Colour title-page which is double spread. Numerous b/w illustrations. Yellow cloth boards are foxed especially rear board, spine lightly browned. Top edge of text block foxed. Contents clean.

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THE ANNE ANDERSON PICTURE BOOK
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1814807
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Good condition.

Orange/brown cloth spine. Large format. Pictorial boards. Numerous coloured and b/w illustrations by Anne Anderson, illustrating Hans Andersen and Grimms' Fairy Tales. Boards scuffed and edge-worn. 'Angela' written in pencil to rear board. Front hinge starting to split (between frontis and title page. Most top margin corners have loss or surface paper damage... perhaps the book had been exposed to damp which caused the top corners to stick together and they have then been prised apart? Clear tape repair to first page of Hansel and Grethel.

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