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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FOLKTALES OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN
Written by Dee Brown; Joy Porter. Illustrated by Caroline Smith.
Stock no. 1323629
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2012. Fine condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Retold by Dee Brown. Introduced by Joy Porter. This edition is based on the 1993 edition, with minor emendations. Colour illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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ZLATEH THE GOAT AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2140115
Published by Longman Young Books. 1st UK 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"The seven tales in this book had their beginnings in middle-European Jewish folklore and legend...". Brown cloth with gilt title to spine and decoration to front cover. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0582155231. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; foxing and marks; a little loss.

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THE THREE SNEEZES AND OTHER SWISS TALES
Written by Roger Duvoisin. Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin.
Stock no. 2137231
Published by Frederick Muller Limited. 1st 1943. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, dark blue titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. Some browning and foxing to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears and chips; some grubby marks.

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TATTERCOATS AND OTHER FOLK TALES
Written by Winifred Finlay. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 2135460
Published by Kaye & Ward. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, title to spine. B/w illustrations. Most of the stories in this collection come from Scotland and the North of England. 18 pages. ISBN: 0718211359. Endpapers and page edges are browned. Wrapper is edge-creased and faded to spine with a few small edge-tears.

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WHY-SO STORIES OF BIRDS & BEASTS FROM FOLK-LORE & LEGEND
Written by Edwin Gile Rich. Illustrated by Charles Copeland; Ernest A. Aris; et al..
Stock no. 1321014
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1934. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing rabbit with a noose round neck of a duck (plate repeated inside). 4 colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 120 pages. Covers are edge worn. Spine bumped and grubby, rear cover is rubbed and grubby. Page browning and foxing to textblock.

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FENIST THE FALCON
Written by Irina Zheleznova.
Stock no. 1318303
Published by Central Books Limited. 1979. Very good condition.

Translated into English by Zheleznova. Pictorial card covers. Colour illustrations to text. 12 pages. 11.75 x 9.25". Some slight foxing to rear cover. Lower page corner tips very slightly creased.

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THE MITTEN
Written by Jan Brett. Illustrated by Jan Brett.
Stock no. 2130734
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Ukranian Folktale adapted and illustrated by Jan Brett. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 039921920X. Reprint. American edition.

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NOAH AND THE DEVIL
Written by Neil Philip. Illustrated by Isabelle Brent.
Stock no. 2130732
Published by Clarion Books. 1st USA 2001. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A Legend of Noah's Ark from Romania. ISBN: 0618117547. Wrapper has small nicks to a couple of corners.

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LITTLE MAGIC HORSE
Written by Peter Ershoff; Tatiana Balkoff Drowne. Illustrated by Vera Bock.
Stock no. 2130166
Published by The Macmillan Company. 1st thus 1942. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Russian tale translated by Drowne. Blue cloth, black title to spine. Pink and white pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. SIGNED by translator, with dedications on half-title and title page. Damp marks and spotting to covers. Numbers in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn with uneven fading; some loss.

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FOLKTALES OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN
Written by Dee Brown; Joy Porter. Illustrated by Caroline Smith.
Stock no. 2129305
Published by Folio Society. As new condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Retold by Dee Brown. Introduced by Joy Porter. This edition is based on the 1993 edition, with minor emendations. Colour illustrations. Slip case is very good - faded to a couple of edges. Still in original shrink wrap - Unopened!

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