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STORIES FROM ELFLAND: THE LITTLE SPINNING WHEEL
Written by Agnes Grozier Herbertson.
Stock no. 1806394
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 31 numbered pages. School library stamp to front cover. A few grubby margin marks else contents clean.

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STORIES FROM ELFLAND: LITTLE GREEN SHOES
Written by Agnes Grozier Herbertson.
Stock no. 1806391
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. B/w illustrations. A few grubby marks to contents but generally a nice copy.

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THE WIND IN THE WOOD
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2106950
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of fairy-stories illustrated by 12 glorious colour plates plus b/w chapter head and tail decorations. 143 pages. Light blue cloth, silver titles. Mottling to spine; a little fading to cover edges. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and a few to outer page edges. Illustrations are excellent. Wrapper has a few closed tears and chips. A little loss to corners and top of spine. Browning to wrapper spine. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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THE FAIRY BOOK
Written by Mrs. Dinah Craik. Illustrated by Warwick Goble.
Stock no. 1306490
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1913. Very good condition.

"The best popular fairy stories selected and rendered anew by the author of John Halifax, Gentleman". Originally published in 1863, this is the first edition with Warwick Goble illustrations. Large, heavy format. Blue-green cloth with elaborate gilt decoration to front cover and gilt title and decorations to spine. 32 beautiful colour plates with captioned tissue guards. 378 pages, top edge gilt. Large format. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A few very light marks to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Front joint is cracked as are a couple of hinges. Small piece of surface paper damage to page 100 and verso of plate where possibly pages were lightly stuck together. Foxing throughout else contents clean. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE ENORMOUS TURNIP
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Robert Lumley.
Stock no. 2105400
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Green pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721402674. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Some chipping to cover edges. A few marks to rear cover. Odd grubby margin mark. Tally no. 280 and dual pricing of 2/6/12.5p net.

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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1804001
Published by Sandle's. Very good condition.

Yellow pictorial cardwraps. 8 unnumbered pages each with a colour illustration and text below. Staple binding. Covers a little grubby. Contents fine.

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STORIES FROM ELFLAND: GOBLIN GREY
Written by Agnes Grozier Herbertson. Illustrated by L.A. Govry.
Stock no. 1204200
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Circa 1930. Very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. B/w illustrations. Covers are browned with corner crease. School stamp to inside front cover.

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A FAIRY GARLAND
Written by Charles Perrault; Madame D'Aulnoy; et al. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1304202
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1928. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Being nine Fairy Tales from the Old French. Blue cloth covers, gilt title to spine. 12 superb colour plates throughout. 251 pages. 9.5 x 7". Spine bumped and slightly worn. Slight rubbing to corners. Very pale page browning to endpapers. Foxing to prelims and page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some slight loss, spine slightly browned and lower 2" of front flap torn off. A nice copy in very scarce dustwrapper.

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WHEN SANTA CLAUS WAS YOUNG
Written by Helen Reid Cross. Illustrated by Helen Reid Cross.
Stock no. 1303379
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Binding is tied up with ribbon. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Covers are a little bit grubby and edge rubbed. Silk tie is also a little grubby and worn. Foxing to insides of covers and to page edges.

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SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
No author listed. Illustrated by Rene Cloke.
Stock no. 1302629
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Pixie Book. Small format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Top corner tips very slightly creased. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with tear to top of spine and large closed tear to top rear corner.

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FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1302591
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

Publisher's special binding of full dark green morocco with gilt title to spine and vignettes to front cover. Pink pictorial endpapers. 12 beautiful colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. 287 pages. Top edge gilt. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Endpapers very slightly grubby, small piece torn from margin of front free-endpaper (and neatly stuck back in). Name and date in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Light crack to rear pastedown, grubby mark to margin of rear free-endpaper. Tissue-guard to frontis is detached (very neatly) but still present. Some fingermarking to tissue-guards and very light marking to some of plate margins, minimal foxing to outer page edges, but overall a very nice copy indeed!

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THE WIND IN THE WOOD
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1801684
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition.

A collection of fairy-stories illustrated by 12 glorious colour plates plus b/w chapter head and tail decorations. 143 pages. Light blue cloth, silver titles. Edges rubbed and worn, boards scuffed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to text block and a few page margins. A few grubby margin marks. All plates present.

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