MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Mary Smith.
Stock no. 1502891
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine with pictorial boards. Illustrated endpapers. Full page illustrations by Mary Smith. Two colour plates plus b/w and two-tone text illustrations. 76 pages. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Spine grubby. Pen mark to rear endpaper. Light page browning, contents generally clean.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1502852
Published by Peter Lunn Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

World favourite Library for Boys and Girls. Beautiful colour frontis and 9 b/w full-page illus. Grey cloth covers, gilt vignette and title. 224 pages. Cr 8vo. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. 15 written in pen plus grubby fingermark to front endpaper. One hinge cracked. Endpapers lightly browned. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with a grubby rear panel and spine.

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A FAIRY GARLAND
No author listed. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1711382
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Being nine Fairy Tales from the Old French. 12 superb colour plates throughout. 251 pages. 9.5 x 7". Modern bindning. SIGNED by illustrator ''To my friend Isaac Jones this '20 year old' with all best wishes Edmund Dulac Xmas 1948". This copy has been rebound with new endpaper, it has been done in the style of the original with 3/4 cloth and cream spine with the original title part of the spine laid on to the new spine. A little light foxing. All plates present.

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THE FAIRY RING
Written by Brothers Grimm; John Edward Taylor. Illustrated by Richard Doyle.
Stock no. 1312924
Published by John Murray. 1st 1846. Fair condition.

"A New Collection of Popular Tales" translated from the German by Taylor. 3/4 leather binding with gilt title and decoration to spine. Blue cloth to covers. B/w plates. Spine is rubbed and slightly darkened. Corners are slightly worn. There are a few light marks to the front cover. Both joints are cracked but not broken. Most of the tissue-guards to the plates have been removed. I think there may be an illustration to the prelims missing. Plate to page 200 has been repaired (was in two pieces has been laid down on a white piece of paper) and the last plate has lower corner torn off (actual illustration not affected). There is foxing and fingermarks to the contents. A decent copy overall of this very rare Brothers Grimm item.

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THE RAINBOW FAIRY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 1312710
Published by William Morrow & Company Inc. 1st 1993. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards with dark blue cloth spine and gilt title. Contains 23 full colour plates. A comprehensive and beloved collection of fairy tales. 288 pages. 10.5 x 8". ISBN: 0688108784. SIGNED by the artist to title-page. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE FIRELIGHT BOOK OF NURSERY STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1312639
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Fairy tales for Little Folk. Cloth spine. Pictorial front board. Full page colour and b/w text illustrations. First story is Puss in Boots. Spine and corners bumped, slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents bright and clean.

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THE SAND-MAN AND OTHER FAIRY STORIES
Written by Dorothy Skiller; Allan Skiller. Illustrated by Norman T. Hope.
Stock no. 1502622
Published by Peter Huston Publishing. circa 1954. Slightly better than good condition.

An Uncle Peter Playbook - Series Number One. Brown cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full page colour illustrations and blue and white text illustrations. Contains 7 stories. Spine worn at either end with loss. Corners and cover edges worn. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Centre page is detached. Some foxing and an odd mark but contents generally clean.

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SIX OLD WORLD FAIRY TALES
Written by F.S. Williams. Illustrated by J.K. Wilkinson.
Stock no. 1109347
Published by Peter Hopwood & Co. Ltd. Good condition.

Stories adapted by Williams. Includes 'Sleeping Beauty'; 'Snowdrop and the Seven Dwarfs'; 'Beauty and the Beast' and more. Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Covers are creased, with some tears; damp stains and pencil marks. Pencil marks to prelims. A few pages internally have tears and tear holes to page edges/margins. A reading copy.

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MANTY A FAIRY TALE
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1109345
Published by B.B. Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Blue textured paper with delightful colour illustrations every page. Paperwraps. Creasing and chipping to corners. Marks to covers. Book has been repaired in places (including covers) with tape. Some margin marks. A reading copy.

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THE PATH OF GOLD
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1502589
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The sick King needs the Water of Life to restore him to full health but which of his three sons will find the water first. Taken from the Grimm tale, The Water of Life, this fresh and lucid retelling has all the ingredients of a classic fairy tale. Grey boards with blue titles to spine. B/w Illustrations. 104 pages. ISBN: 0241021545. Light bumping to spine. A little foxing to text block. Dustwrapper has closed tear to front panel, is a little edge worn and original price has been crossed out on front flap.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Philip Pullman. Illustrated by Ian Beck.
Stock no. 1109127
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The adventures of that most enterprising feline. An action-packed and very funny retelling of Puss-In-Boots. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0385410328. Light bumping to spine and corners. Page edge browning. Wrapper is creased to edges, with a few marks to rear panel.

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PRINCE PRIGIO AND PRINCE RICARDO
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2113793
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Children's Illustrated Classics series. Illustrated by D. Watkins-Pitchford (BB). Cream and orange decorated cloth. 4 colour plates and numerous line drawings. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is a bit damp, with some edge-creasing and a few chips and nicks.

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