TALES FROM FAIRYLAND
Written by Rosa Annesley.
Stock no. 1801502
Published by Charles Taylor. 1st 1893. Almost very good condition.

A collection of stories. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles, illustration to front cover is of a sunset with a young boy flying on a bat over a pond with a frog sat on a toadstool. B/w illustrations. Floral endpapers. All edges gilt. Corners rubbed, top & tail of spine worn. Covers lightly scuffed. Small bookplate to front pastedown. Small closed tear to lower edge of front joint and free front endpaper. Endpapers, title page and last page browned. Hinges pulled but binding tight. A few marks to contents. Still a nice copy.

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THE NOW-A-DAYS FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1301820
Published by J. Coker & Co.. Slightly better than good condition.

6 beautiful colour plates. Pictorial boards, cloth spine. Front cover shows Goldilocks with three teddy bears. 159 numbered pages. 11.5" x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cover edges worn and faded. Covers are a little bit grubby. Lower 2" of front joint cracked. Lower corner of front free-endpaper is creased. Fingermarks to contents and some light foxing but generally clean. "The Three Bears" plate has been reinserted at some stage (is now slightly shorter than the rest of the pages and has some slight damage at inner margin). Rear free-endpaper has been replaced. A couple of large spots to rear pastedown.

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FAIRY TALES
Written by Skimble Skamble.
Stock no. 1201545
Published by Andrews & Co.. 1st 1869. Very good condition.

'To all merry good-tempered, and well-behaved children, who are of course fond of Fairy Tales and to all grown-up people who are not stiff and starched...' Green cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover with embossed borders. Stories of elves, princesses, dwarfs and fairies. B/w chapter head and tail pieces. Spine and corners a little bumped, corners slightly worn. Small nick to lower edge of front cover. Small split to spine rear edge. Covers clean with gilt still bright. Attractive pictorial bookplate of Dora Allison on front pastedown. Inscription in ink on front endpaper dated December 1869. Some light creasing to pages and some fingermarks. Two pages have circular black marks to them (pages 88 and 120). A bright copy of a scarce early fairy tale book.

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BLOTS AND TITTERS
Written by Aug. J. Ferreira. Illustrated by E.J. Proctor.
Stock no. 1301535
Published by Greening & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

"Being a Visit to Pandelicia and other Fairy Fancies". Grey pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 152 pages. Colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine slightly browned and some light discolouration to covers. Letter "A" written to top of spine in ink. A.4. written in ink to front pastedown. Light foxing and page edge browning. Vertical crease to frontis. Some hinges cracked and some grubby fingering.

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THE MAGIC CROOK OR THE STOLEN BABY
Written by Greville Macdonald. Illustrated by Arthur Hughes.
Stock no. 1201459
Published by A.C. Fifield. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

A Fairy Story. Green cloth, white titles. B/w illustrations. 273 pages + 2 page booklist. Top edge gilt. Free endpapers lightly browned. A few scattered foxspots but contents generally clean and bright. Top and tail of spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed.

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THE ROSE AND THE LILY
Written by Mrs. Octavian Blewitt. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 1201458
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1877. Almost very good condition.

Pink cloth with elaborate gilt decorations. B/w frontis by Cruikshank. Believed to be the last book illustrated by him. The Rose And The Lily, How They Became the Emblems of England and France. A Fairy Tale. 62 pages + 36 page booklist dated October 1876. Top of spine chipped with loss. Spine browned and bumped and base. Small mark to front cover. Some page edges ragged from uneven opening.

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FAIRY TALES AND ROMANCES
Written by Count Anthony Hamilton.
Stock no. 383546
Published by Henry G. Bohn. 1st 1849. Good condition.

Translated from the french by M. Lewis, H.T. Ryde and C. Kenney. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine and blind stamped decorations. Pale yellow endpapers. 562 pages. B/w fronis portrait of the author. Spine and corners worn. Covers lightly rubbed. Grubby marks to some page margins throughout and some light foxing. There is a musty smell to contents (as usual with books this old!). A decent copy of a scarce book.

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HANSEL AND GRETTEL AND SNOW-DROP
No author listed. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 630360
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

stiff cardwraps. Pictorial front cover. Colour & b/w illustrations. Edges worn. Covers creased. Belongs to box completed in ink. Illustration on pastedowns starting to separate from covers.

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THE KING WITH THE SEVEN CROWNS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Edmund Lee. Illustrated by Ernold A. Mason.
Stock no. 383115
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1894. Very good condition.

Stories told to relieve a little girl of the tedium of a sick bed. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 117 pages. Floral decorated endpapers. 3 full-page b/w illustrations. Spine bumped and very slightly faded. Covers are ever so slightly grubby. Heavy foxing to first few and last few pages. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few light fingermarks but contents generally clean. A nice copy of a very scarce Victorian children's book.

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GAMBLE GOLD
Written by Edward Abbott Parry. Illustrated by Harry Furniss.
Stock no. 444237
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Red pictorial binding. Gilt titles and decorations. All edges gilt. B/w illustrations. Spine faded. Corners are bumped. Front cover unevenly faded, but gilt bright. Joints have been strengthened. Foxing throughout. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
No author listed. Illustrated by R. Andre.
Stock no. 816683
Published by McLoughlin Bros.. 1st 1888. Almost very good condition.

Young Folks Series. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. 6 full page chromolithographs. 14 pages. Book has been affected by damp so that the covers and pages are lightly crinkled. Spine is rubbed and worn. Vertical edges of cover has slight surface paper loss. Heavy foxing to text. Chromoliths are beautifully clean and sharp. A lovely copy of a scarce title. REDUCED from £100.

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LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER AND OTHER TALES
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 440800
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

Adds 40 more stories to the 60 which Rackham already illustrated several years earlier. The violence and grotesqueries have been toned down conveying instead a wealth of humour and charm throughout. 12 beautiful tipped-in colour plates plus 43 b/w drawings. Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette. Pictorial endpapers and title page. 250 pages. Top corner/edge of front cover had semi-circular piece missing (depth 8mm, width of 22mm). Covers a little marked. Bumping to corners. Browning to endpapers. Some page edges uncut. Frontis has light corner creases. All plates present.

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