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THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Written by Gladys Davidson. Illustrated by Rene Bull.
Stock no. 1331467
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1940. Very good condition.

Red cloth, black title to spine. Blind title and vignette to front cover. 16 beautiful colour plates, many b/w illustrations. 352 pages, top edge red. 8.75 x 6.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and some page margins. Contents clean.

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Rhead.
Stock no. 1331466
Published by Harper And Brothers. 1938. Very good condition.

Black cloth, gilt title to spine and large pictorial onlay to front cover. 4 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 429 pages, top edge orange. Publisher's code is H-N indicating a date of August 1938. Spine and corners bumped. Some light page browning and a light mark to textblock else contents clean.

MY BOOK OF FOLK AND FAIRY TALES
Written by W.J. Glover. Illustrated by George Hood.
Stock no. 1331465
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title block to spine. 12 colour plates. 325 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edges lightly rubbed, rear cover is lightly scuffed. Name plate to front pastedown. Heavy inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper has been erased. Some light fingering and foxing but contents generally clean. Some scratch marks (made by a compass?) to lower edge of textblock.

HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1331382
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Boots the Chemists. Circa 1930. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Published for Boots The Chemist. Large format. Red cloth covers, gilt titles. 16 colour tipped-in plates. Many b/w illustrations. 319 pages. 10 x 7.5". Spine and corners bumped. Faded patch to base of spine (where there is a piece of the dustwrapper missing). A few tiny dents to cover edges. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing, especially to prelims and textblock. Some of the b/w text illustrations has been neatly coloured. Dustwrapper has a piece missing to base of spine and a smaller piece missing above. Rear panel and spine of wrapper are slightly faded.

LES MILLE ET UNE NUITS
Written by Kathleen Fitzgerald. Illustrated by E. Marler Thomas.
Stock no. 1331305
Published by Leopold B. Hill. Very good condition.

Small format. Grey boards, black titles and circular onlay to front cover. 8 colour plates. Text in FRENCH. Foxing to textblock, prelims and page margins. Light browning to rear of last page. Covers and contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce little item.

THE GINGERBREAD BOY
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Robert Lumley.
Stock no. 1331279
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1970. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Yellow pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Light foxing to textblock else contents clean. Tally 280.

PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Eric Winter.
Stock no. 1331278
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1974. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Blue pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721400868. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed and a bit grubby. Some light fingermarks to prelims else contents clean. Tally 370.

DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Eric Winter.
Stock no. 1331277
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1967. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Yellow pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721400825. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Rear cover is very slightly grubby. Contents are clean. Tally 200.

CHICKEN LICKEN
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Robert Lumley.
Stock no. 1331276
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1976. Very good condition.

Ladybird series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Yellow pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0721402607. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine.

THE LITTLE RED HEN AND THE GRAINS OF WHEAT
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Robert Lumley.
Stock no. 1331268
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1975. Good condition.

Ladybird Series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Red pictorial paper boards. Full-page colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721400841. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers edge rubbed. Some slight wrinkling of paper to front pastedown. Contents clean.

THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Robert Lumley.
Stock no. 1331267
Published by Ladybird Books. Circa 1985. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 606D. Green pictorial boards. (REVISED edition with ORIGINAL illustrations and fairytale endpapers). ISBN: 0721400817. Spine and corners bumped. A couple of page corner tips lightly creased.

GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 1331152
Published by Hutchinson & Co.. Circa 1920. Good condition.

Green cloth with decoration to front and spine. 8 b/w plates. 320 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly scuffed and marked to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Some page browning, foxing and fingering but contents still reasonably clean.