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TALES FROM FAIRYLAND
Written by Rosa Annesley.
Stock no. 1325921
Published by Charles Taylor.
1st
1893.
Good condition.
A collection of stories. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles, illustration to front cover is of a sunset with a young boy flying on a bat over a pond with a frog sat on a toadstool. B/w illustrations. Floral endpapers. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby and spine slightly darkened. Name and address in ink (neat) to verso of front free-endpaper. Contents are well browned with a few small, light marks to margins.
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THE MERRY BOOK
Written by Githa Sowerby.
Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1325917
Published by Oxford University Press.
Good condition.
A book of verses for children. Small format. White boards with picture to front. Colour illustrations throughout with verses on pages opposite. Printed on one side of the paper only. Covers worn and grubby. Endpapers foxed. Some hinges pulled.
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THE WISE BOOK
Written by Githa Sowerby.
Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1325916
Published by J.M. Dent & Co..
Circa
1909.
Almost very good condition.
Small format. Cream pictorial boards. Pretty colour pictures accompany children's verse. Corners bumped. Foxing to covers. Spine has been relaid with glue, glue marks to spine edges. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers.
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THE HAPPY BOOK
Written by Githa Sowerby.
Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1325915
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde.
Good condition.
Cream pictorial boards. Pretty colour pictures accompany children's verse. Covers are worn and a bit grubby. Spine chipped with slight loss and browning from old tape which is no longer present. Stitching pulled causing contents to be slightly loose. A few light marks to pages.
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TALES FROM HANS ANDERSEN
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Shirley Goulden.
Illustrated by Maraja.
Stock no. 1325913
Published by W.H. Allen & Co. Limited.
Good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Splendour Books series (no. 2). Large format. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Tales retold by Goulden. Cover edges are browned. The spine is split at top and tail. Contents are lightly edge browned. Clear dustwrapper is a little too small for the book and has a small piece missing to top of spine.
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- FAIRY TALES
THE CRADLE SHIP
Written by Edith Howes.
Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson.
Stock no. 1325911
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd..
14th
1939.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth boards with black titles to front and spine. 4 colour plates. 154 pages. 8.5 x 6". Spine and corners bumped, slight fading to top and tail of spine. Some light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and worn with edge tears and some loss.
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- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
- FAIRIES
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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- FAIRY TALES
HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY STORIES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen.
Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1325909
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd..
12th
Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.
A 'Price Charming colour book'. Green boards with yellow titles to front and spine. 18 delightful colour plates to contents. 8.5 x 6". 224 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some light foxing. Dustwrapper is well worn with substantial loss and missing its rear flap. Undated 12th edition.
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- FAIRY TALES
- PRINCE CHARMING COLOUR SERIES
THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK: AN AGONY IN EIGHT FITS
Written by Lewis Carroll.
Illustrated by Henry Holiday.
Stock no. 1325908
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1924.
Almost very good condition.
The 'Miniature' edition. Small format, 6.25 x 4". Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. 9 b/w illustrations. Spine faded. Lower edge of front cover stained. Name and date in ink and an embossed address stamp to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Contents clean.
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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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STEPSISTERS FOR LORNA
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1325888
Published by Girls Gone By.
1st thus
2004.
Nearly fine condition.
Complete and unedited. Pictorial cardwraps. 223 pages. B/w text illustrations. Part of the Wynyards School Series. ISBN: 1904417310. Minimal rubbing to cover edges, crease to lower corner of rear cover. Some light marks to textblock.
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- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
ECHO! ECHO! ECHO!
Written by A.M. Campbell; W. Mord.
Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1325881
Published by Alf Cooke Ltd..
Circa
1911.
Good condition.
Noel, Mary and Teddy Bear travel to the Land of Myths in order to hear some new stories. Cloth spine. Dark red boards with red title, decoration and colour onlay to front. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges worn. Fading to covers and some scuffing to front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Front joint has been repaired. Browning to free-endpapers. Some grubby fingermarks to contents.
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