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THE CLASSIC FAIRY TALES

Written by Iona Opie, Peter Opie
Published by Oxford University Press in 1974
ISBN: 0192115596

THE CLASSIC FAIRY TALES
Written by Iona Opie, Peter Opie.
Stock no. 2135646
1st. 1974. Hardback. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Each tale has an historical introduction, showing the development of the story. Colour & b/w illustrations. 255 pages. ISBN: 0192115596. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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Front cover

Cover of THE CLASSIC FAIRY TALES by Iona Opie; Peter Opie

Contents

  • The History of Tom Thumb; Jack the Giant Killer; The Yellow Dwarf; Sleeping Beauty; Little Red Ridinghood; Diamonds and Toads; Bluebeard; Puss in Boots; Cinderella;
  • Hop o' my Thumb; Beauty and the Beast; The Three Wishes; The Three Heads in the Well; Jack and the Beanstalk; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; The Frog Prince; The Twelve Dancing Princesses: Rumpelstiltskin; Goldilocks and the Three Bears; The Tinder Box; The Princess and the Pea; Thumbelina; The Swineherd; Hansel and Gretel