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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK ANIMATED PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1316147
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial boards. Inside both covers there is a colour illustration with movable parts. One other colour illustration and two-tone illustrations throughout. Covers are edge rubbed/worn. Old biro price to top of rear cover by spine. Name in blue biro to top of title-page. Staples are rusty causing some slight staining at inner margins of pages. Some light fingering to contents else clean. Movable parts are in good working condition.

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SIX AGAINST THE WORLD
Written by Brothers Grimm; Marcus Crouch. Illustrated by William Stobbs.
Stock no. 2121886
Published by Pelham Books. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Stories from the nursery and household tales of the Brothers Grimm in new versions by Crouch. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0720711088. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks to corners; unevenly faded along edges.

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THE EVERYDAY FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1505962
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. circa 1921. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine, black titles. Pictorial front board showing little girl laid on her back under a grape vine. 7 colour plates. Large format. 159 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine and top edge of rear cover slightly darkened. Spots of wear to front cover. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Light browning to endpapers and prelims. A little foxing and an odd mark to contents.

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THE EVERYDAY FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1405361
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1926. Almost very good condition.

Large format, green cloth spine, large pictorial onlay to front cover. 7 colour plates, 160 pages. 11.5" x 8.5". Spine bumped. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Rear board is grubby. Mark to inner margin of plate opposite page 68 which doesn't affect the illustration. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to page edges and prelims otherwise contents generally clean.

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THE GOLDEN GOOSE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 1505770
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Being the stories of The golden goose, The three bears, The 3 little pigs, and Tom thumb. Green pictorial cloth with orange titles to front and dark titles to spine. Large format. Numerous drawings in colour and b/w. Unpaginated. Slight wear to lower cover edges. A little fading to top edges of spine and covers and bottom edge of spine. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Some light page browning otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped, loss from base of browned spine. Browning and foxing to panels. Top corner cut from front flap.

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LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1607965
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

Deluxe edition, limited to 525 numbered and signed copies. Bound in light grey cloth with gold pictorial spine. Gold pictorial white label to front cover. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 13 tipped-in colour plates and 43 b/w drawings. Mauve on white pictorial endpapers. 250pp. 12 x 9.5". SIGNED by Rackham. Limited edition: this is copy number 352 of 525. Spine and corners bumped, with some wear to the cloth. Some marks to boards. Cracking ans splitting to front joint. Endpapers browned. Bookplate pasted to half-title page. All colour plates present: last plate is corner creased but all others are in fine condition. A few scattered foxspots. Contents generally clean and bright, but pages 248-9 are browned.

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PRINCESS BADOURA
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2119790
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1913. Very good condition.

White cloth beautifully decorated in pale green and gilt to front cover. Pale green endpapers. 10 tipped-in paper-guarded richly coloured plates. A tale from The Arabian Nights retold by Housman. Spine is browned. A little bumping to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some light page finger markings. All plates present.

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MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1505406
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A nice collection of the traditional nursery fairy tales with 16 full page colour illustrations and b/w sketches throughout. Cloth spine. Colour pictorial cover. 74 pages. 11.5 x 9". Circa 1930s. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Wear to edge of onlay. Rear cover slightly browned and grubby with small amount of faint pencil writing. Endpapers browned. A couple of hinges cracked. Light foxing throughout otherwise contents clean. All plates present, tear to edge of one just touches margin of illustration, nicks to top edge of another.

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THE REAL FAIRY STORYBOOK
Written by Georgie Adams. Illustrated by Sally Gardner.
Stock no. 1404786
Published by Orion Children's Books. 1st 1998. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Well known fairy tales as told by 'real' fairies. Pink pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 93 pages. ISBN: 1858816246. Dustwrapper is slightly edgeworn. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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FAIRY STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2119054
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. The 'Attwell Kiddies' Story Book. Beautiful mounted colour plate to front cover and colour frontispiece. Two-tone illustrations. Contains very short versions of 'Robinson Crusoe'; 'Aladdin'; Jack the Giant-Killer' and 'Tom Thumb'. A thin booklet style item. Some creasing to covers; a few marks. Foxing/browning to some pages.

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PRINCESS BADOURA
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1505035
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

White cloth beautifully decorated in pale green and gilt to front cover. Pale green endpapers. 10 tipped-in paper-guarded richly coloured plates. A tale from The Arabian Nights retold by Housman. Spine browned, bumped and worn with small nicks to cloth at either end. Corners worn. Covers grubby and marked. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. A couple of hinges cracked but binding still firm. A little foxing and browning. Fingering to contents but generally clean. All plates present and in very good condition.

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GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS
No author listed. Illustrated by Rie Cramer.
Stock no. 1314915
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow pictorial boards, full page colour illustrations throughout. 7 x 5.5". Unpaginated. Spine and corners bumped. Some pale foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper has edge tears which have been tape repaired on verso.

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