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GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Elenore Plaisted Abbott.
Stock no. 1318757
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons. 1941. Good condition.

Black cloth, large pictorial onlay to front. Cream decorated endpapers. 9 colour plates. 308 pages. 9.5 x 7". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Dent to top edge of rear cover. Title to spine has faded. Rear cover is grugbby. There is loss to the corners of the pictorial onlay. Rear joint is cracked. Some light grubby fingermarks at page margins else contents clean.

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THE FIRELIGHT BOOK OF NURSERY STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 2132133
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1954. Almost very good condition.

Fairy tales for Little Folk. Cloth spine. Pictorial front board. Full page colour and b/w text illustrations. First story is Puss in Boots. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Heavy wear and chipping to corners. Presentation plate stuck to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges. Contents are still very good.

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ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Joyce Mercer.
Stock no. 2132020
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Circa 1936. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth with dark title to spine and pictorial onlay to front cover. 5 colour plates and many b/w illustrations. 320 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading/browning and some foxing to spine and unevenly to covers. Small corner of loss to pictorial onlay. Prize plate to half-title page. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. A few margin marks. All plates present.

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HOUSEHOLD TALES BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 2131660
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth. Colour title-page which is double spread. Numerous b/w illustrations. Browning to top and tail of spine. Bumping to corners. Grubby marks to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins. Wrapper is faded to a couple of edges; torn with some loss; scuffed.

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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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THE FROG PRINCESS
Written by Bernard Isaacs.
Stock no. 1318302
Published by Central Books Limited. 1979. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format, Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations.

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SISTER ALYONUSHKA AND BROTHER IVANUSHKA and THE WHITE DUCK
Written by Irina Zheleznova.
Stock no. 1318301
Published by Central Books Limited. 1979. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format 11.75 x 9.25". Cream pictorial cardwraps. Colour pictures. Retold in English by Zheleznova. 12 pages. ISBN: 0014075447.

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CINDERELLA AND OTHER FAIRY STORIES WITH REALISTIC POP-UP PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318251
Published by Purnell & Sons, Ltd.. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 5 pop-up scenes. Colour illustrations. Other stories are Dick Whittington and Sleeping Beauty. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some lifting of laminate at spine edges with dust beneath. Front cover is curved a little. Some foxing to contents. Pop-ups in good condition.

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MARGARET'S BOOK
Written by H. Fielding-Hall; Alfred H. Miles. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1318046
Published by Hutchinson & Co.. 1st 1913. Good condition.

Red cloth, elaborate gilt decorations. All edges gilt, 12 mounted colour plates with tissue-guards & numerous b/w/ illustrations. 283 pages. Pale blue illustrated endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine and cover edges faded. Some small marks to covers. Inscription in ink and a blank name-plate to verso of frontis page. Heavy foxing to contents and some light fingermarks to page margins.

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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY AND BLUE BEARD
Written by Walter Crane. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1318036
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1914. Almost very good condition.

Small format, 14 x 11cm. Grey/green pictorial boards. Full-page colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers a bit grubby. A couple of hinges are slightly cracked. A few small foxspots else contents clean.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen.
Stock no. 1317946
Published by Andrew Dakers Limited. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Hamlyn Classic. Pale blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour frontis and 1 b/w illustration. 206 pages. Page browning throughout. Pictorial wrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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THE GOLDEN BUDGET OF NURSERY STORIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 2131356
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine showing Puss in Boots. Colour frontis. B/w text illustrations. Wear to cover edges and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Colouring to some b/w illustrations internally.

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