GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Jiri Trnka.
Stock no. 1329763
Published by Paul Hamlyn. 1st 1961. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations throughout. 10.75 x 8.25". Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Light foxing to spine. Heavy foxing to textblock (affecting some page margins). Dustwrapper is very worn, creased and torn with some loss.

Buy now for £40.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Reginald Spink. Illustrated by H. Baumhauer.
Stock no. 1329761
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1961. Very good condition.

8 colour plates plus b/w line drawings. Childrens Illustrated Classics series. Cream and blue decorated cloth with matching endpapers. 245 pages. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Light creasing to first few pages. Foxing to textblock.

Buy now for £12.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

INDIAN FAIRY TALES
Written by M. Dorothy Belgrave; Hilda Hart. Illustrated by Harry Theaker.
Stock no. 1329760
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. 6 colour plates (also mentions a plate to the cover, but this must be either a dustwrapper or a different binding?). B/w text illustrations. 104 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly darkened. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Grubby fingermarks to page margins and some foxing.

Buy now for £15.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK
Written by Hallam Tennyson. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1329746
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1886. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, dark title to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. English Hexameters. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers grubby. Some hinges pulled but binding still tight. Some fingermarks to contents.

Buy now for £58.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE FAIRY TALES OF GRIMM & ANDERSEN
Written by Brothers Grimm; Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1329572
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Very good condition.

Very large heavy format. 11.25 x 9". Brown textured covers with gilt titles and vignettes. 8 + 4 colour plates. Numerous b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges slightly dusty, small worn patch to front edge of spine. Half title-page has a 2" tear to inner margin. Joint between half title and frontis is cracked showing webbing beneath. There is foxing throughout, particularly heavy to prelims. Two leaves have large tears to them with old sellotape marks, magic tape has been placed on the rear of the tears.

Buy now for £90.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE SNOW QUEEN AND OTHER STORIES FOR THE FIVE YEAR OLD
Written by Louey Chisholm. Illustrated by Katharine Cameron.
Stock no. 1329565
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Circa 1918. Good condition.

Stories are: The Snow Queen, Snowdrop and the Seven Dwarfs, Tom Thumb, The Three Golden Hairs and The Babes in the Wood. Beige boards, black title to spine. Large pictorial onlay to front cover. 8 colour plates. 60 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers darkened at edges and to lower corner of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (dated 1918). Grubby fingermarks to contents (including margins of plates).

Buy now for £90.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE SPIDER'S PALACE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Richard Hughes. Illustrated by George Charlton.
Stock no. 1829503
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A book of modern fairy tales. Yellow pictorial paper boards. B/w text illustrations. 166 pages. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed else boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned with minor foxing to top edge. Browning to half-title page else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and has a couple of minor closed tears to edges.

Buy now for £26.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

ENGLISH FABLES AND FAIRY STORIES
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1829496
Published by Oxford University Press. 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of well-know English fairy-tales and folk-tales retold by James Reeves. Pink cloth, gilt title to spine on mauve title block. Decorated endpapers. Colour illustrations and b/w text illustrations throughout. 234 pages. Third impression. Light mottling to boards. Foxing to text block with some bleeding to edge of pages. Name & date in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few minor foxspots to endpapers and prelims. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few foxspots and is a little grubby, lightly worn to top & tail of spine. Musty odour present.

Buy now for £26.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

PEEPS INTO FAIRY LAND
Written by E. Nesbit; F.E. Weatherly; M.A. Hoyer; et al.
Stock no. 1329250
Published by Collins Publishers Australia; William Collins Pty Ltd. 1st thus 1989. Very good condition.

A reproduction of an antique picture book by Ernest Nister. Glazed pictorial boards. 6 colour pop-up scenes. B/w illustrations. Oblong format, 8" x 11". ISBN: 0732249120. Some slight rubbing/wear to spine and corners. Rear cover is very slightly grubby. Lower page corner tips are very slightly bumped but this does not affect the pop-up scenes.

Buy now for £20.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1329222
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

The Sunshine series. 16 colour plates. Red spine, pictorial boards. 2 plates MISSING (opposite pages 7 and 14). Spine and corners bumped and worn. Foxing to page edges.

Buy now for £14.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE WILD SWANS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1329181
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Brown boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Fairy Tale Gems Series. 2 colour plates plus b/w drawings. Other Stories are: The Storks; The Daisy and The Little Match Girl. Spine and corners bumped. Spine darkened, slight marking to cover edges. Front free-endpaper has been removed and now joint is cracked. Foxing to textblock and endpapers.

Buy now for £18.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

NURSERY RHYMES AND FAIRY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328904
Published by Treasure Press. 1987. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Charming full-page colour pictures. Originally published by Ward Lock in two volumes. 190 pages. Cr 4to. ISBN: 090740751X. Spine is faded. Heavy foxing to textblock.

Buy now for £12.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List