EDMUND DULAC'S PICTURE BOOK FOR THE FRENCH RED CROSS
No author listed. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1326349
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1915. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Yellow cloth covers with green titles and vignettes. 19 tipped-in colour plates and a b/w photographic plate of Dulac. 134 pages. 11" x 8.5". Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Page browning to endpapers and grey mounts for plates. Foxing to contents. Tiny corner crease to plate opposite page 16. Small repaired tear to plate opposite page 41. Scarce dustwrapper is in several pieces (torn at spine) and has sections of loss to edges. Wrapper is browned.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY STORIES WITH PICTURES THAT SPRING TO LIFE
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; S. Louis Giraud.
Stock no. 1326301
Published by Strand Publications. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Bookano Series with 4 colour stand-up models. Eight stories. Colour pictorial endpapers, frontis and title page plus b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, cover edges rubbed. Light vertical crease to centre of spine. Tinder Box pop-up is creased to tree as usual. Snow Queen pop-up needs a minor repair to get a couple of the pieces to stand up and the Swinherd pop-up has a crease to the princess.

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FEE FI FO FUM
Written by Osbert Sitwell.
Stock no. 1326295
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A collection of fairy stories retold from a somewhat different angle, not so much for children as for their mothers and fathers... Red cloth. 230 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and rubbed at edges. Tiny hole to centre of spine.

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CINDERELLA
Written by Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Rie Cramer.
Stock no. 1326255
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1964. Very good condition.

The immortal story from Perrault retold. Blue and white decorated covers. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Some light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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MELISANDE
Written by E. Nesbit. Illustrated by P.J. Lynch.
Stock no. 1326246
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1989. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With an introduction by Naomi Lewis. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0744511054. Covers unfortunately are badly damp(?) stained and edge rubbed. Contents fine and dustwrapper slightly rubbed at spine and corners.

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THE WIND IN THE WOOD
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1326011
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

A collection of fairy-stories illustrated by 12 glorious colour plates plus b/w chapter head and tail decorations. 143 pages. Blue boards, silver titles. Spine bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Foxing to covers. Endpapers are lightly browned. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. There is a light musty smell to the contents (old book smell).

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THE NOW-A-DAYS FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1325994
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1933. Good condition.

6 beautiful colour plates. Pictorial boards, blue cloth spine. Large format. Front cover shows two children, one asleep by a sundial. Covers are edge worn and scuffed. Rear cover is grubby. Spine is bumped and rubbed at top and tail. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Beauty and the Beast plate has ragged edges and a tape repair on verso. There is colouring to the small b/w illustration on the title-page. Foxing, fingering and some margin tears to contents.

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TALES FROM FAIRYLAND
Written by Rosa Annesley.
Stock no. 1325921
Published by Charles Taylor. 1st 1893. 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. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby and spine slightly darkened. Name and address in ink (neat) to verso of front free-endpaper. Contents are well browned with a few small, light marks to margins.

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TALES FROM HANS ANDERSEN
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Shirley Goulden. Illustrated by Maraja.
Stock no. 1325913
Published by W.H. Allen & Co. Limited. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Splendour Books series (no. 2). Large format. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Tales retold by Goulden. Cover edges are browned. The spine is split at top and tail. Contents are lightly edge browned. Clear dustwrapper is a little too small for the book and has a small piece missing to top of spine.

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THE CRADLE SHIP
Written by Edith Howes. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson.
Stock no. 1325911
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 14th 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards with black titles to front and spine. 4 colour plates. 154 pages. 8.5 x 6". Spine and corners bumped, slight fading to top and tail of spine. Some light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and worn with edge tears and some loss.

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TALES FROM GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm; Wanda Gag. Illustrated by Wanda Gag.
Stock no. 1325910
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The translator (Gag) has included old favourites, less well-known and also several of the best tales hardly known or available in adequate English translations. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 247 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine bumped. Some light spotting to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned and spotted. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and slightly grubby with felt-tip pen marks to rtitles on rear panel.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY STORIES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1325909
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. 12th Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

A 'Price Charming colour book'. Green boards with yellow titles to front and spine. 18 delightful colour plates to contents. 8.5 x 6". 224 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some light foxing. Dustwrapper is well worn with substantial loss and missing its rear flap. Undated 12th edition.

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