THE FAIRY TALES OF GRIMM & ANDERSEN
Written by Brothers Grimm; Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1329572
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Very good condition.

Very large heavy format. 11.25 x 9". Brown textured covers with gilt titles and vignettes. 8 + 4 colour plates. Numerous b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges slightly dusty, small worn patch to front edge of spine. Half title-page has a 2" tear to inner margin. Joint between half title and frontis is cracked showing webbing beneath. There is foxing throughout, particularly heavy to prelims. Two leaves have large tears to them with old sellotape marks, magic tape has been placed on the rear of the tears.

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THE SNOW QUEEN AND OTHER STORIES FOR THE FIVE YEAR OLD
Written by Louey Chisholm. Illustrated by Katharine Cameron.
Stock no. 1329565
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Circa 1918. Good condition.

Stories are: The Snow Queen, Snowdrop and the Seven Dwarfs, Tom Thumb, The Three Golden Hairs and The Babes in the Wood. Beige boards, black title to spine. Large pictorial onlay to front cover. 8 colour plates. 60 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers darkened at edges and to lower corner of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (dated 1918). Grubby fingermarks to contents (including margins of plates).

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THE SPIDER'S PALACE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Richard Hughes. Illustrated by George Charlton.
Stock no. 1829503
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A book of modern fairy tales. Yellow pictorial paper boards. B/w text illustrations. 166 pages. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed else boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned with minor foxing to top edge. Browning to half-title page else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and has a couple of minor closed tears to edges.

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ENGLISH FABLES AND FAIRY STORIES
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1829496
Published by Oxford University Press. 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of well-know English fairy-tales and folk-tales retold by James Reeves. Pink cloth, gilt title to spine on mauve title block. Decorated endpapers. Colour illustrations and b/w text illustrations throughout. 234 pages. Third impression. Light mottling to boards. Foxing to text block with some bleeding to edge of pages. Name & date in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few minor foxspots to endpapers and prelims. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few foxspots and is a little grubby, lightly worn to top & tail of spine. Musty odour present.

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PEEPS INTO FAIRY LAND
Written by E. Nesbit; F.E. Weatherly; M.A. Hoyer; et al.
Stock no. 1329250
Published by Collins Publishers Australia; William Collins Pty Ltd. 1st thus 1989. Very good condition.

A reproduction of an antique picture book by Ernest Nister. Glazed pictorial boards. 6 colour pop-up scenes. B/w illustrations. Oblong format, 8" x 11". ISBN: 0732249120. Some slight rubbing/wear to spine and corners. Rear cover is very slightly grubby. Lower page corner tips are very slightly bumped but this does not affect the pop-up scenes.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1329222
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

The Sunshine series. 16 colour plates. Red spine, pictorial boards. 2 plates MISSING (opposite pages 7 and 14). Spine and corners bumped and worn. Foxing to page edges.

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THE WILD SWANS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1329181
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Brown boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Fairy Tale Gems Series. 2 colour plates plus b/w drawings. Other Stories are: The Storks; The Daisy and The Little Match Girl. Spine and corners bumped. Spine darkened, slight marking to cover edges. Front free-endpaper has been removed and now joint is cracked. Foxing to textblock and endpapers.

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NURSERY RHYMES AND FAIRY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328904
Published by Treasure Press. 1987. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Charming full-page colour pictures. Originally published by Ward Lock in two volumes. 190 pages. Cr 4to. ISBN: 090740751X. Spine is faded. Heavy foxing to textblock.

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THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 1328898
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1892. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title and vignette to spine and front cover. Numerous b/w illustrations. 366 pages. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some slight rubbing to the gilt vignettes. Tissue-guard to frontis has been removed. Name and date in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Some erased pencil writing to front fly-leaf. Some foxing throughout, some page corner tips creased. Joints cracked, rear joint has exposed webbing, some hinges pulled but binding still tight. Grubby fingermarks to contents. Still a decent copy of a scarce book.

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THE BLOODY CHAMBER AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Angela Carter; Marina Warner. Illustrated by Igor Karash.
Stock no. 1829163
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

A retelling of fairy tales Gothic with sexual inferences. Introduced by Marina Wanrer. Black cloth spine with silver title, white blocked design boards. Colour plates. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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IRISH FAIRY AND FOLK TALES
Written by W.B. Yeats; Paul Muldoon. Illustrated by Linda Farquharson.
Stock no. 1829094
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Selected and edited, with an introduction by Yeats. Foreword by Paul Muldoon. Black, red & silver pictorial boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xxvi and 336 pages. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed (VG).

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THE WHITE DEER
Written by James Thurber. Illustrated by James Thurber.
Stock no. 1328788
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1946. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, white titles. B/w illustrations. Covers are damp stained with slight wear to cover edges. Erased pencil markings to front free-endpaper. A few small foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss to top of spine and browned to spine and rear panel.

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