FOLK TALES
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ZLATEH THE GOAT AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2140115
Published by Longman Young Books.
1st UK
1970.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
"The seven tales in this book had their beginnings in middle-European Jewish folklore and legend...". Brown cloth with gilt title to spine and decoration to front cover. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0582155231. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; foxing and marks; a little loss.
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THE THREE SNEEZES AND OTHER SWISS TALES
Written by Roger Duvoisin.
Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin.
Stock no. 2137231
Published by Frederick Muller Limited.
1st
1943.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth, dark blue titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. Some browning and foxing to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears and chips; some grubby marks.
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- FOLK TALES
- SWITZERLAND
WHY-SO STORIES OF BIRDS & BEASTS FROM FOLK-LORE & LEGEND
Written by Edwin Gile Rich.
Illustrated by Charles Copeland; Ernest A. Aris; et al..
Stock no. 1321014
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd..
1st thus
1934.
Almost very good condition.
Orange cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing rabbit with a noose round neck of a duck (plate repeated inside). 4 colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 120 pages. Covers are edge worn. Spine bumped and grubby, rear cover is rubbed and grubby. Page browning and foxing to textblock.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- FOLK TALES
- LEGENDS
FENIST THE FALCON
Written by Irina Zheleznova.
Stock no. 1318303
Published by Central Books Limited.
1979.
Very good condition.
Translated into English by Zheleznova. Pictorial card covers. Colour illustrations to text. 12 pages. 11.75 x 9.25". Some slight foxing to rear cover. Lower page corner tips very slightly creased.
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- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
- FOLK TALES
THE MITTEN
Written by Jan Brett.
Illustrated by Jan Brett.
Stock no. 2130734
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons.
Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A Ukranian Folktale adapted and illustrated by Jan Brett. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 039921920X. Reprint. American edition.
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NOAH AND THE DEVIL
Written by Neil Philip.
Illustrated by Isabelle Brent.
Stock no. 2130732
Published by Clarion Books.
1st USA
2001.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A Legend of Noah's Ark from Romania. ISBN: 0618117547. Wrapper has small nicks to a couple of corners.
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- CHILDRENS
- NOAH'S ARK
- FOLK TALES
LITTLE MAGIC HORSE
Written by Peter Ershoff; Tatiana Balkoff Drowne.
Illustrated by Vera Bock.
Stock no. 2130166
Published by The Macmillan Company.
1st thus
1942.
Good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A Russian tale translated by Drowne. Blue cloth, black title to spine. Pink and white pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. SIGNED by translator, with dedications on half-title and title page. Damp marks and spotting to covers. Numbers in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn with uneven fading; some loss.
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- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
- HORSE AND PONY STORY
- FOLK TALES
FOLKTALES OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN
Written by Dee Brown; Joy Porter.
Illustrated by Caroline Smith.
Stock no. 2129305
Published by Folio Society.
As new condition.
Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Retold by Dee Brown. Introduced by Joy Porter. This edition is based on the 1993 edition, with minor emendations. Colour illustrations. Slip case is very good - faded to a couple of edges. Still in original shrink wrap - Unopened!
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- FOLK TALES
- NATIVE AMERICAN
THE MAGIC OINTMENT AND OTHER CORNISH LEGENDS
Written by Eric Quayle.
Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2127085
Published by Andersen Press.
1st
1986.
Very good condition.
Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 108 pages. 12 stories. ISBN: 0862641292. Bumping and some wear to spine and corners. A few margin marks.
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- CHILDRENS
- CORNWALL
- FOLK TALES
- LEGENDS
FOLK SONGS OF BOHEMIA
Written by Dorothy Cooper.
Illustrated by M. Fischerova-Kvechova.
Stock no. 1316437
Published by Raf. D. Szalatnay.
1st
1925.
Almost very good condition.
Oblong format. Red cloth spine. Cream decorated boards. Blue decorated endpapers. 10 full-page colour illustrations with musical scores opposite. Spine bumped. Corners worn with some surface paper loss, crack to top corner of front cover. Contents browned else clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- FOLK TALES
- SONGS (CHILDRENS)
- MUSICAL SCORE (CHILDRENS)
- RHYME
RICH MAN, POOR MAN, BEGGARMAN, THIEF
Written by Marcus Crouch.
Illustrated by William Stobbs.
Stock no. 1507025
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1985.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Folk tales from around the world. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 25 tales. B/w illustrations. 179 pages. ISBN: 0192781111. Top edge of text block foxed. Dustwrapper ever so slightly edge worn with isbn label to rear flap.
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THE FOOLISH MEN OF AGRA AND OTHER TALES OF MOGUL INDIA
Written by Rina Singh.
Illustrated by Farida Zaman.
Stock no. 1506987
Published by Key Porter Books.
1st
1998.
Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A collection of 10 delightfully funny and poignant stories drawn from the traditional tales of Mogul India. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 48 pages. ISBN: 1550137719. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly edge worn.
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- FOLK TALES