THE GOLDEN BIRD (PROOF)
Written by Edith Brill. Illustrated by Jan Pienkowski.
Stock no. 1828988
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is a rough and uncorrected proof. Polish folk tales. This book grew out of stories told to the author as a child by her Polish father. Orange cardwraps. 8 striking full-colour plates plus silhouette illustrations. 151 pages. ISBN: 0460057510. Minor damp stain to top rear corner. Text block browned with some foxing/marks. Tiny damp stain to top corner tip of contents. Otherwise contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn, torn to top rear corner (small), front flap is staple to front panel at top edge, a few damp stains to verso (not visible to front).

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SALT ABOVE GOLD AND OTHER BOHEMIAN FOLK STORIES
Written by Charles K. Offer. Illustrated by Wendy D. Lewis.
Stock no. 1328600
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. 6 tales. Orange, black and white illustrations. 64 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Contents clean.

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FOLK AND FAIRY TALES
Written by Ruth Manning-Sanders. Illustrated by Robin Jacques.
Stock no. 1828647
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Legendary stories of witches, wizards, monsters and dragons, giants and mermaids; kings and queens, ogres and trolls, devils and demons and magic animals fill the pages of this anthology. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Full-page colour illustrations, b/w text illustrations. 253 numbered pages. 9.5 x 6.25". ISBN: 0416826705. Faint stain to boards. Text block browned and stained. Light page edge browning else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is quite heavily browned.

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NEW TALES FOR OLD
Written by Geraldine Elliot. Illustrated by R.W. Coulter.
Stock no. 1828154
Published by Elkin Mathews & Marrot. 1st 1932. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A book of African folk stories for children. Yellow cloth boards, blue titles and vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Boards just a little grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. A few small foxspots and margin marks to contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a few small chips, is browned and foxed.

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THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
Written by Fainna Solasko.
Stock no. 1327752
Published by Foreign Languages Publishing House. Almost very good condition.

Soviet Children's Library For Tiny Tots. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. Translated by Solasko. Covers are slightly edge rubbed and creased. Light finger creases to page margins. Name in ink to top edge of front cover.

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THE GREEN CHILDREN
Written by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by Margaret Gordon.
Stock no. 1828015
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Winner of the Arts Council Award for the best children's book 1966-1968. A mysterious folk tale from our early history. Boards rubbed & worn at edges. Base of spine bumped. Rear board lightly scuffed. Minor knock to top edge of boards. A few minor marks to contents else clean.

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JUSTIN THE STRONG & THE GOLDEN APPLES (A TREASURE HOUR STORY BOOK LR 3)
Written by Petre Ispirescu; Ana Cartianu; Lornie Leete-Hodge. Illustrated by Done Stan.
Stock no. 1826907
Published by Murrays Sales & Service Co.; Ion Creanga Publishing House. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

A Romanian folk tale translated by Ana Cartianu, retold by Lornie Leete-Hodge. Large format. Green pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0719602920. Spine lightly rubbed, covers lightly creased. Text block browned. A few minor marks to contents else clean.

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GAVIN THE BRAVE (A TREASURE HOUR STORY BOOK LR 2)
Written by Petre Ispirescu; Ana Cartianu; Lornie Leete-Hodge. Illustrated by Ileana Ceausu-Pandele.
Stock no. 1826906
Published by Murrays Sales & Service Co.; Ion Creanga Publishing House. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

Romanian folk tale translated from the Romanian by Ana Cartianu, retold by Lornie Leete-Hodge. Large format. Orange pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0719602912. Edges lightly rubbed, covers lightly creased. A few minor foxspots present, light browning to contents, else clean.

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ASH PETER (A TREASURE HOUR STORY BOOK LR 4)
Written by Lornie Leete-Hodge; Ana Cartianu. Illustrated by Roni Noel.
Stock no. 1826905
Published by Murrays Sales & Service Co.; Ion Creanga Publishing House. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

A Romanian folk tale, translated by Ana Cartianu and Retold by Lornie Leete-Hodge. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0719602939. Spine lightly rubbed, covers slightly creased. Contents lightly browned and a few grubby margin marks.

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LITTLE WHITE HEN
Written by Hajime Kijima. Illustrated by Setsuko Hane.
Stock no. 1325614
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a little white hen who outwits the fox and his cunning tricks. Colourful pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0356025039. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. A few light foxspots else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with a tiny patch of surface paper damage to front panel.

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THE SANDAL-WOOD BOX
Written by Katya Sheppard. Illustrated by Hans Baltzer.
Stock no. 1325403
Published by Richard Sadler. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Folk tales from Tadzhikistan, translated by Sheppard. Blue cloth with gilt title and decorations to spine and gilt vignette and decoration to front board. Colour and b/w illustrations. 206 pages. 10.25 x 8.25". ISBN: 0854100261. Minor foxing to text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and a little scuffed.

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THE LAUGHTER OF PETERKIN
Written by Fiona Macleod. Illustrated by Sunderland Rollinson.
Stock no. 1324238
Published by Archibald Constable And Co.. 1st 1897. Almost very good condition.

Pale blue cloth with gilt titles and dark blue illustration to front cover. 4 b/w plates. 288 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some slight grubby marks to cover edges and slight browning to spine. Endpapers lightly browned. Neat name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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