THE BIRD TALISMAN
Written by Henry Allen Wedgwood. Illustrated by Gwen Raverat.
Stock no. 1328719
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1946. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

An Eastern Tale. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Endpapers browned. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is torn, has loss at edges, is browned to spine and foxed.

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IRISH FAIRY TALES
Written by James Stephens. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1828994
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1920. Very good condition.

A book in which Rackham broke new ground in the illustration of Irish literature. Stephens had attempted to create an Irish equivalent of The Arabian Nights in his own poetic retelling of the stories which existed in the oral tradition. Rackham rose to the occasion and produced 37 memorable illustrations including 16 in full colour. Green cloth, gilt decoration to front cover and spine. 318 pages. Spine browned and thus gilt to spine is faded. Corners rubbed and a little worn, lower rear corner has tiny nibble to cloth at edge. Text block and endpapers browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. All plates present, pale foxing to plate edges, tissue guards browned. Plate facing page 214 has slight surface paper damage to margins where tissue-guard was stuck. Contents clean.

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THE NATIONAL TRUST BOOK OF FAIRY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Ian Penney.
Stock no. 1328673
Published by The National Trust. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. An enchanting collection of fairy tales, with paintings by Ian Penney linking the stories to National Trust properties. ISBN: 0707801885. SIGNED by the artist to title-page. Spine and spine edges of wrapper are faded.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Christopher Logue. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1328650
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Wonderful full-colour pop-ups. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0224013009. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Foxing else contents clean. Pop-ups in excellent working order.

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LOVE AND BE WISE
Written by Charles Perrault; Anne Carter. Illustrated by Jean Claverie.
Stock no. 1328608
Published by Walker Books Ltd. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Retold by Carter from the classic fairy tale by Perrault.. ISBN: 0744506093. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some erased pencil marks to half title-page. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly worn to spine and corners.

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THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE KIDS
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Robert Lumley.
Stock no. 1328548
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1973. Very good condition.

Ladybird series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721402402. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some pale brown marks to prelims, contents generally clean.

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THE NURSERY CINDERELLA
Written by Irene Pearl. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1328543
Published by The Brockhampton Book Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small format. 5.5 x 4.5". Colour pictorial paperwraps. 6 colour plates by Dulac. B/w drawings (artist not known). Slight rubbing to cover edges and a couple of tiny chips with loss. Name in ink to top of title-page else contents clean.

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FAMOUS ANIMAL TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1328500
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1935. Almost very good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth. Grey pictorial endpapers. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations throughout. Stories include: The Tar-Baby; How Brer Rabbit Was Too Sharp For Brer Fox; Who Killed Cock Robin?; The Mad Tea-Party; The Three Bears; etc. Spine and corners bumped. Spine worn at top and tail and printed title/illustration rubbed. Corner creases to a couple of pages and tiny margin tear to one page. A nice copy.

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THE CHILDREN'S THEATRE
Written by Franz Bonn. Illustrated by Franz Bonn.
Stock no. 1328391
Published by Kestrel Books. 1978. Very good condition.

A reproduction of the 1878 antique pop-up book. Contain 4 pop-up scenes of theatre stage and characters from fairy tales. ISBN: 0722655363. Spine and corners bumped. A couple of tiny scuff marks to lower edge of front cover. Some slight creasing to rear pastedown (binding error).

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THE WAR OF THE BIRDS AND THE BEASTS
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Faith Jaques.
Stock no. 1328359
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Published posthumously, another collection of Russian fairy-stories. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224022156. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock, endpapers and wrapper flaps.

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FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328025
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1940. Good condition.

The Sunshine Series. Pictorial boards with green cloth spine. 24 Colour plates. Contains 10 classic fairy tales. 176 pages. Spine bumped, corners worn and covers slightly edge rubbed. Inscription in ink and date in red crayon to front free-endpaper. Frontis is detached but still present, one plate has large tear at edge and a couple of others have small margin tears. Hinges are cracked and pulled.

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THE CAT THAT CLIMBED THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Elizabeth Clark. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1328021
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1943. Good condition.

"The Elizabeth Clark Story Books". New Impression. Pictorial card wraps. 4 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. 61 pages. 6.75 x 4.75". Spine is worn, split to lower half. Covers slightly grubby. Grubby marks to inside of covers.

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