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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 EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES - SIMPLE SIMON
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Gustav Hjortlund.
Stock no. 2125845
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. Good condition.

Yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 9.5 x 7.5". Boards are a little bowed. chipping along edges and to base of spine. Splash marks to front cover. Browning to rear cover. Ink marks to title page. Contents are generally very good.

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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Written by C.S. Evans. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1816121
Published by Chancellor Press. 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, white title to spine. Silhouette illustration to front board. Colour frontis. B/w silhouette illustrations. Reproduction of the 1920 edition. ISBN: 1851520562. Corners lightly rubbed. Gift inscirption in ink to front endpaper. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
No author listed. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 2125120
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Father Tuck Little Book. Very small format, 10.5 x 10.5cm. Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Bumping to spine. Wear to cover edges. Home made 'library ticket' to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with a few small chips and tears; browned and grubby; minimal loss.

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THE STORY OF SLEEPING BEAUTY
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Evelyn Bowmar.
Stock no. 2124963
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 413. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. Top 1-2" of spine are split (both sides), with some creasing. Smaller split to base of spine. Light damp mark to bottom of rear cover. A bit of surface paper damage to front endpaper/pastedown, where something was once stuck. Couple of closed margin tears to endpapers. A few margin marks. Illustrations are in excellent condition. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips, with some substantial loss to edges.

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STORIES FROM HANS ANDERSEN
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2124594
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1927. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 14 colour plates tipped onto brown card and then tipped onto pages, each with a captioned paper guard. 195 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some uneven darkening to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper; creasing to front endpaper. Some page browning and foxing. Frontis has a little surface paper damage to page where it has been mounted - looks like it has come away and been remounted.

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SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
Written by Constance Woodhead. Illustrated by Grace Lodge.
Stock no. 2124385
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1952. Very good condition.

Sunbeam Stories for young children series. Small format (5.5 x 3.75"). Yellow pictorial boards. 64 pages. 4 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. All edges yellow. Spine is a bit worn and slightly faded. A few marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. 4 colour plates are all present.

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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
No author listed. Illustrated by Doris White.
Stock no. 2124132
Published by Waddy Productions. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour illustrations. The 'Old Time' Nursery Tales Series. Chipping with splits to top and tail of spine. Corner creasing. Splash mark down spine.

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FAIRY TALES FROM HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Dick Hart.
Stock no. 2123985
Published by L.B. Fischer. 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. American edition. Wrapper is edge-creased with small closed tear to top of spine.

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THE FROG PRINCESS
Written by Bernard Isaacs.
Stock no. 1317038
Published by Central Books Limited. 1973. Very good condition.

Large format, Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Slight rubbing to spine. Covers ever so slightly grubby.

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COLOUR SHOW PICTURES OF FAIRY TALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1814947
Published by Juvenile Productions. Very good condition.

Beautifully illustrated in full colour throughout. Pictorial card wraps. 12.5 x 9.5". Unpaginated. First story is Jack the Giant Killer. Undated. Slightly bowed. Covers lightly browned. A few small bits of colour to margins else contents fine.

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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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