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THE GOLDEN BIRD
Written by Brothers Grimm; Neil Philip. Illustrated by Isabelle Brent.
Stock no. 2130702
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1st USA 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The youngest son's quest for the golden bird, the golden horse and the princess from the golden castle. Retold from the Brothers Grimm by Neil Philip. Colour illustrations. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0316705225.

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THE FAIRY-TALE OMNIBUS
Written by Brothers Grimm; Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 2129320
Published by Collins. 1943. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, yellow titles to front and spine. Colour frontis plate, b/w illustrations to text throughout, 4 other beautiful colour plates. Unpaginated. 10.25 x 7". A wonderful selection of well-known Fairy Tales by Grimm and Andersen. Bumping and wear to top and tail of spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Page browning. All plates present. Wrapper is creased with closed tears, but minimal loss; grubby marks.

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THE WISHING TABLE
Written by Brothers Grimm; Joan Cherry. Illustrated by Erhard Amadeus-Dier.
Stock no. 2126618
Published by Polytint Limited. Circa 1954. Almost very good condition.

The Polytint Fairy Tales, No 1. Dark pink cloth spine, pictorial boards. Pink and white striped endpapers. Lovely colour illustrations. Unpaginated. 10.5 x 7.5". Bumping and creasing to corners and spine. A little fraying to cloth. Front joint is partially cracked. Some page browning, light foxing.

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HOUSEHOLD TALES BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1816360
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Yellow cloth. Colour title-page which is double spread. Numerous b/w illustrations. Yellow cloth boards are foxed especially rear board, spine lightly browned. Top edge of text block foxed. Contents clean.

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THE ANNE ANDERSON PICTURE BOOK
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1814807
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Good condition.

Orange/brown cloth spine. Large format. Pictorial boards. Numerous coloured and b/w illustrations by Anne Anderson, illustrating Hans Andersen and Grimms' Fairy Tales. Boards scuffed and edge-worn. 'Angela' written in pencil to rear board. Front hinge starting to split (between frontis and title page. Most top margin corners have loss or surface paper damage... perhaps the book had been exposed to damp which caused the top corners to stick together and they have then been prised apart? Clear tape repair to first page of Hansel and Grethel.

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KING GRISLY-BEARD
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1507591
Published by The Bodley Head. 1991. Very good condition.

A Tale From the Brothers Grimm, translated by Edgar Taylor. Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 037002026X. Fading to spine and some cover edges.

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SIX AGAINST THE WORLD
Written by Brothers Grimm; Marcus Crouch. Illustrated by William Stobbs.
Stock no. 2121886
Published by Pelham Books. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Stories from the nursery and household tales of the Brothers Grimm in new versions by Crouch. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0720711088. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks to corners; unevenly faded along edges.

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LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1607965
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

Deluxe edition, limited to 525 numbered and signed copies. Bound in light grey cloth with gold pictorial spine. Gold pictorial white label to front cover. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 13 tipped-in colour plates and 43 b/w drawings. Mauve on white pictorial endpapers. 250pp. 12 x 9.5". SIGNED by Rackham. Limited edition: this is copy number 352 of 525. Spine and corners bumped, with some wear to the cloth. Some marks to boards. Cracking ans splitting to front joint. Endpapers browned. Bookplate pasted to half-title page. All colour plates present: last plate is corner creased but all others are in fine condition. A few scattered foxspots. Contents generally clean and bright, but pages 248-9 are browned.

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HANS IN LUCK
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Felix Hoffmann.
Stock no. 1504776
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

His master rewarded Hans for his faithful service with a lump of gold. Happily Hans set off to see his mother after seven years, but before long he was persuaded to part with his precious burden. Oblong format, white pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations, one line of text to a page. ISBN: 0192797077. Heavy bump to top corners affects all pages too. Some wear to spine and corners. Covers a tiny bit grubby. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with a few small chips. Also slightly grubby and browned. Top corner crease to both flaps. Book has been used as a rest for writing, visible on dustwrapper at certain angles.

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THE FAIRY RING
Written by Brothers Grimm; John Edward Taylor. Illustrated by Richard Doyle.
Stock no. 1312924
Published by John Murray. 1st 1846. Fair condition.

"A New Collection of Popular Tales" translated from the German by Taylor. 3/4 leather binding with gilt title and decoration to spine. Blue cloth to covers. B/w plates. Spine is rubbed and slightly darkened. Corners are slightly worn. There are a few light marks to the front cover. Both joints are cracked but not broken. Most of the tissue-guards to the plates have been removed. I think there may be an illustration to the prelims missing. Plate to page 200 has been repaired (was in two pieces has been laid down on a white piece of paper) and the last plate has lower corner torn off (actual illustration not affected). There is foxing and fingermarks to the contents. A decent copy overall of this very rare Brothers Grimm item.

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ABOUT WISE MEN AND SIMPLETONS
Written by Brothers Grimm; Elizabeth Shub. Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian.
Stock no. 1207887
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1971. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. Simple b/w line drawings. A Caldecott medal winner. ISBN: 0241022169. Wrapper price-clipped and a little edge-chipped.

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THE BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR
Written by Brothers Grimm; Audrey Claus. Illustrated by E. Probst.
Stock no. 1311587
Published by Mcgraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd.. 1st UK 1965. Very good condition.

Adapted by Claus. Pictorial boards, oblong format. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers just a little grubby. Some faint foxing to rear endpapers else contents clean.

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