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HANSEL AND GRETEL
Written by Jacob Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm. Illustrated by Erika Weihs.
Stock no. 2112882
Published by Simon & Schuster. Circa 1943. Very good condition.

Part of 'The Little Golden Library' series. American edition. Colour & b/w illustrations. Some wear and a little scuffing to cover edges. A few grubby margin marks.

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PRINCE PRIGIO
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by Robert Lawson.
Stock no. 1402308
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a young prince whose mother didn't believe in fairies and would n't invite them to the christening. They came anyway and one of their gifts was the quality of being too clever which led to the prince being unpopular.Orange cloth boards with blue title to spine and vignette to front board. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 108 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and rubbed. Browning to board edges. Couple of marks to rear board. Inscription in ink to front flyleaf. Foxing mainly to endpapers and page edges otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased. Loss to top and bottom of spine with a few closed tears. Some sellotape to verso of wrapper to repair some of the tears.

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THE SEA TIGER
Written by Terry Jones. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1710256
Published by Pavilion Books Ltd.. 1st 1994. Fine condition.

New edition (originally appeared in "Fairy Tales"). The story of a tiger who just can't tell the truth. Glazed pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations. Yellow endpapers. Unpaginated. 9.75 x 7.75". ISBN: 1857930851.

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ABOUT WISE MEN AND SIMPLETONS
Written by Brothers Grimm; Elizabeth Shub. Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian.
Stock no. 1207887
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1971. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. Simple b/w line drawings. A Caldecott medal winner. ISBN: 0241022169. Wrapper price-clipped and a little edge-chipped.

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THE PIED PIPER AND OTHER FAIRY TALES OF JOSEPH JACOBS
Written by Joseph Jacobs; W.H. Auden. Illustrated by James Hill.
Stock no. 1605644
Published by The Macmillan Company. 1963. Good condition.

Large format. White illustrated boards. With commentary by W.H. Auden. Colour illustrations. 40 pages. Top and tail of spine split with a little loss and signs of previous glue repair. New endpapers. Some finger marks to margins.

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THE BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR
Written by Brothers Grimm; Audrey Claus. Illustrated by E. Probst.
Stock no. 1311587
Published by Mcgraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd.. 1st UK 1965. Very good condition.

Adapted by Claus. Pictorial boards, oblong format. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers just a little grubby. Some faint foxing to rear endpapers else contents clean.

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THE EVERYDAY FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1311333
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd.. circa 1929. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine, black title. Pictorial front board showing little boy peeping behind a curtain into a christmas scene. 7 colour plates. 159 pages. 11.5 x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn/torn with slight loss to top of spine.

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ADVENTURES BY LEAF LIGHT
Written by Moyra Caldecott. Illustrated by Lyn Teeple; Bill Teeple.
Stock no. 1108858
Published by Green Tiger Press. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

A Star & Elephant Book. Pictorial card wraps. Delightful colour tipped in plates throughout. Large format. 46 pages. Covers scuffed, edge-worn and a little grubby. Contents clean. Small creases to corners of a couple of plates.

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THE BEETLE
Written by Hans Christian Andersen.
Stock no. 1709213
Published by Sandle Brothers Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Corners bumped.

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THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS
Written by William Stobbs. Illustrated by William Stobbs.
Stock no. 1501680
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 32 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A couple of small stains to rear cover. A little foxing and a few small marks to contents. Fingering to some pages. Dustwrapper is a little edge worn and ever so slightly grubby.

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THE PRINCES FIRE-FLASH AND FIRE-FADE
Written by Mrs T.H. James.
Stock no. 1311032
Published by The Kobunsha. Very good condition.

Japanese Fairy Tales Series No. 14. A crepe paper book. Small format. Colour illustrations throughout. Front cover slightly worn and foxed. Small mark to bottom corner of 4 pages otherwise contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce little book.

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THE STORY OF DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Evelyn Bowmar.
Stock no. 2111392
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 413. Illustrated buff boards. Full-page colour illustrations. Bumping to corners. Some browning to covers. Wrapper is price-cut with names in ink to front flap; scuffing and edge-chipping, with a little loss; pencil doodles to verso.

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