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OXFORD TREASURY OF FAIRY TALES
Written by Geraldine McCaughrean. Illustrated by Sophy Williams.
Stock no. 2129830
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A collection of traditional fairy tales which have been loved for years. ISBN: 0192781286. Edge-creasing to wrapper.

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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 GOLDEN GOOSE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 2128680
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1919. Very good condition.

Being the stories of The golden goose, The three bears, The 3 little pigs, and Tom thumb. Green pictorial cloth with red title to front and gilt title to spine. Numerous drawings in colour and b/w. Unpaginated. Spine is browned. A few marks to covers. Neat colouring to verso of front endpaper and frontis.

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HISTOIRE DU PETIT POUCET
No author listed.
Stock no. 2128623
Published by Imagerie D'Epinal. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Serie Ecossaise. Colour illustrations. Thin item - only a few pages long. Text in French.

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HISTOIRE DU CHAT-BOTTE
No author listed.
Stock no. 2128622
Published by Imagerie D'Epinal. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Serie Ecossaise. Colour illustrations. Thin item - only a few pages long. Text in French. Some light fading to spine.

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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY AND BLUE BEARD
Written by Walter Crane. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 2128334
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1914. Very good condition.

Small format, 14 x 11cm. Grey/green pictorial boards. Full-page colour plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small inscription in ink to bottom of front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins.

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THE KINGS AND THE CATS
Written by John Hannon. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2127497
Published by Burns & Oates. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Munster Fairy Tales For Young And Old. 3 stories. Green cloth, gilt title and border. Attractive b/w plates, some cats but not in Wain's usual anthropomorphic style. xiii + 78 pages. What appears to be 'repairs' to top and tail of spine. A few small splits/nicks to spine, with a little fraying to cloth. Uneven fading to covers. Corners are bumped, with wear. A couple of score marks to rear cover. Margin tear to front endpaper, which also has a couple of partially erased children's names. Foxing. B/w illustration to page 54 has some colouring to it.

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THE SCARECROW AND OTHER FAIRY TALES
Written by Leonard Hill.
Stock no. 2126825
Published by The Actinic Press. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Contains 13 stories. Foxing and creasing to covers and pages internally.

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THE WONDERFUL LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF TOM THUMB
Written by Paul Britten Austin. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 2126690
Published by Radiotjanst. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition.

2 volumes. Summer course in English for Swedish radio. Small format. Cream cardwraps. B/w text illustrations. Includes a mounted miniature book in 2nd volume. Volume 1 has damp mark and some browning to spine. Creasing to cover edges and corners. Each volume has some marks to outer page edges. Volume 2 is MISSING the miniature book (only glue line can now be seen). Also has inscription in ink to beginning of book.

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GREEN WILLOW AND OTHER JAPANESE FAIRY TALES
Written by Grace James. Illustrated by Warwick Goble.
Stock no. 2126689
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1910. Very good condition.

De-Luxe edition, Limited to 500 copies. 40 exquisite tissue-guarded colour plates, mounted on brown card. 38 tales and legends collected from many sources. Vellum bound, with gilt titles and vignettes. Foxing and spotting to covers, endpapers and outer page edges; a few to some page margins. Ties to covers are no longer present. A few scuff marks to covers. All plates are present and in fine condition!

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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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ARDIZZONE'S HANS ANDERSEN
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Stephen Corrin. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2126456
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

14 classic tales illustrated in colour and b/w. Maroon boards, gilt titles and vignette to front. ISBN: 0233969969. Wrapper is price-cut with faded spine; some edge-creasing; couple of closed tears.

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