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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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MY FAIRY TALE BOOK
Written by Tetta Ward; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; Dorothy King; et al.
Illustrated by H.R. Millar; Florence Harrison; et al..
Stock no. 1325903
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Good condition.
Large format. Blue cloth spine, beautiful colour illustration of fairies to front board and one story has 2 text and 1 full-page b/w illustrations by Harrison. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations throughout. First story is "The Giant who Kept a School" by Ward. Covers are very worn and spine is as well. Frontis is detached with ragged edges. Heavy foxing. Some grubby fingermarks and other marks.
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THE WHITE COW AND OTHER CHINESE FAIRY TALES
Written by Francis Rose.
Illustrated by Francis Rose.
Stock no. 1325902
Published by Lutterworth Press.
1st
1945.
Very good condition.
Pale blue cloth with purple title and vignette to front. Colour and b/w illustrations. 62 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink and a name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Old tape marks to the four corners of the free-endpapers. Some hinges cracked causing contents to be slightly loose. Foxing to endpapers.
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FAVORITE TALES FROM GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm; Nancy Garden.
Illustrated by Mercer Mayer.
Stock no. 1325901
Published by Four Winds Press.
1st
1982.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Brown cloth spine with gilt title, beige boards. Orange endpapers. 224 pages. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0590077910. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and torn with some loss, small red mark to top edge of front panel.
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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen.
Illustrated by Maxwell Armfield.
Stock no. 1325867
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd..
1953.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Children's Illustrated Classics series. Beige decorated cloth. Decorated endpapers. 8 colour plates, many b/w line drawings. 278 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped. Name and address ink stamp to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge-chipped with old tape marks to spine and corners on verso.
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STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Written by Laurence Housman.
Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1325539
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
Circa
1941.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Grey cloth, imprinted in scarlet. 12 colour plates. Published for Boots The Chemist. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink and date to front free-endpaper. Tiny margin tear to plate opposite page 17. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn at top of spine and has some slight loss to lower corner of front panel.
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THE SNOW QUEEN
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Naomi Lewis.
Illustrated by Christian Birmingham.
Stock no. 1325400
Published by Walker Books.
1st thus
2007.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Retold by Naomi Lewis. A magical Winter's tale of a young girl and her quest to save the boy she loves. Large format. Blue pictorial boards. Beautiful colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781406306347. Small glue(?) mark to front free-endpaper else a fine copy. Clear dustwrapper with white 'snow' pattern is slightly nicked at corners.
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THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE KIDS
Written by Vera Southgate.
Illustrated by Robert Lumley.
Stock no. 1325329
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd..
1974.
Almost very good condition.
Ladybird series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721402402. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Marks to rear cover. Last title listed on rear cover is The Princess and the Frog, Tally 360 and price 18p. Some light foxing to contents.
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THE MYSTERIOUS TALE OF GENTLE JACK AND LORD BUMBLEBEE
Written by George Sand; Gela Jacobson.
Illustrated by Gennady Spirin.
Stock no. 1325236
Published by Methuen Children's Books.
1st
1988.
Very good condition.
Told in English for the first time. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 74 pages. ISBN: 0416085326. Spine and corners bumped. Small old price label to rear cover. Contents clean.
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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen.
Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1325108
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd..
1917.
Good condition.
Red cloth with black titles and vignettes. 16 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. B/w text illustrations. 288 pages. Top edge red. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Covers marked. 2 plates are creased and 1 other has a tiny corner crease. Foxing to text pages and some margins of plate mounts. Tissue-guards are browned/foxed. Textblock is foxed and slightly stained at top edge.
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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen.
Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1825385
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Boots the Chemists.
Circa
1930.
Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.
Published for Boots The Chemist. Large format. Red cloth covers, gilt titles. 16 colour tipped-in plates. Many b/w illustrations. 319 pages. 10 x 7.5". Light rubbing to corners. Gift insription in ink to front pastedown. Text block browned. A few grubby marks to contents. Plates are fine. Some b/w illustrations coloured in with colouring pencils. A few pages have a tiny piece of the lower corner missing. Dustwrapper is chipped at corners, a large amount of loss to base of spine (3") and thus spine of book is lightly faded where the dustwrapper is missing, also a little creased.
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