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THE CRADLE SHIP
Written by Edith Howes. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson.
Stock no. 1325911
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 14th 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards with black titles to front and spine. 4 colour plates. 154 pages. 8.5 x 6". Spine and corners bumped, slight fading to top and tail of spine. Some light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and worn with edge tears and some loss.

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TALES FROM GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm; Wanda Gag. Illustrated by Wanda Gag.
Stock no. 1325910
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The translator (Gag) has included old favourites, less well-known and also several of the best tales hardly known or available in adequate English translations. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 247 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine bumped. Some light spotting to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned and spotted. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and slightly grubby with felt-tip pen marks to rtitles on rear panel.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY STORIES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1325909
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. 12th Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

A 'Price Charming colour book'. Green boards with yellow titles to front and spine. 18 delightful colour plates to contents. 8.5 x 6". 224 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some light foxing. Dustwrapper is well worn with substantial loss and missing its rear flap. Undated 12th edition.

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HANS ANDERSEN FAIRY-TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Axel Mathiesen.
Stock no. 1325905
Published by Jespersen & Pio Publishers. 1961. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, 8 delightful colour plates by the Danish artist. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn, small splits to top of spine. First plate is almost detached. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn, grubby to rear panel.

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MY FAIRY TALE BOOK
Written by Tetta Ward; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; Dorothy King; et al. Illustrated by H.R. Millar; Florence Harrison; et al..
Stock no. 1325903
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine, beautiful colour illustration of fairies to front board and one story has 2 text and 1 full-page b/w illustrations by Harrison. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations throughout. First story is "The Giant who Kept a School" by Ward. Covers are very worn and spine is as well. Frontis is detached with ragged edges. Heavy foxing. Some grubby fingermarks and other marks.

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THE WHITE COW AND OTHER CHINESE FAIRY TALES
Written by Francis Rose. Illustrated by Francis Rose.
Stock no. 1325902
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Pale blue cloth with purple title and vignette to front. Colour and b/w illustrations. 62 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink and a name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Old tape marks to the four corners of the free-endpapers. Some hinges cracked causing contents to be slightly loose. Foxing to endpapers.

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FAVORITE TALES FROM GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm; Nancy Garden. Illustrated by Mercer Mayer.
Stock no. 1325901
Published by Four Winds Press. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth spine with gilt title, beige boards. Orange endpapers. 224 pages. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0590077910. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and torn with some loss, small red mark to top edge of front panel.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Holmes.
Stock no. 1325900
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards, red spine. First story "Little Ida's Flowers". 4 colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge worn. Covers slightly grubby. Foxing to contents.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Maxwell Armfield.
Stock no. 1325867
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Children's Illustrated Classics series. Beige decorated cloth. Decorated endpapers. 8 colour plates, many b/w line drawings. 278 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped. Name and address ink stamp to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge-chipped with old tape marks to spine and corners on verso.

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STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1325539
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth, imprinted in scarlet. 12 colour plates. Published for Boots The Chemist. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink and date to front free-endpaper. Tiny margin tear to plate opposite page 17. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn at top of spine and has some slight loss to lower corner of front panel.

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CUCKOO CHERRY-TREE
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1325528
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

"A book of original fairy tales, imbued with country lore and magic, with a background of woods and fields and cottages where simple folk live". Green cloth, red title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Front free-endpaper removed. A couple of small margin tears and one of the b/w illustrations neatly coloured in (opposite page 48). Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss and browned to spine and rear panel.

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THE SNOW QUEEN
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Naomi Lewis. Illustrated by Christian Birmingham.
Stock no. 1325400
Published by Walker Books. 1st thus 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Retold by Naomi Lewis. A magical Winter's tale of a young girl and her quest to save the boy she loves. Large format. Blue pictorial boards. Beautiful colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781406306347. Small glue(?) mark to front free-endpaper else a fine copy. Clear dustwrapper with white 'snow' pattern is slightly nicked at corners.

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