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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Written by Kathleen Lines. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 2123607
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A book of Nursery Stories. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping to corners. Endpapers have some grubby finger marks. Foxing to outer page edges. Odd margin mark. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks.

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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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THE PRINCES' GIFTS
Written by John Yeoman. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1507572
Published by Pavilion. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A rich collection of folklore from China, Iraq, Portugal, Romania, Norway, America etc. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 92 pages. ISBN: 1857938798. Slight wear to bottom edges of covers. A couple of small indents to rear cover. Security label stuck to rear pastedown. Small blue line to margin of page 26. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge worn.

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RUMPELSTILTSKIN
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Eric Winter.
Stock no. 1507518
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1968. Almost very good condition.

Ladybird Series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Blue pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721402186. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby. Book leans to one side a little. A few light marks and fox spots to contents. Tally no. 200.

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STORIES FROM HANS ANDERSEN
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Agnes Richardson.
Stock no. 1814112
Published by Geographia Ltd.. 1923. Very good condition.

Dark green spine with light green covers with pictorial onlay to front. 7 Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 80 pages. Cloth spine fading, glue to rear of cloth spine becoming dried out. Light uneven fading of cloth. Pictorial onlay clean. Light page browning. All plates present.

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THE WISHING WELL
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123271
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. 1967. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations.

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THE STORY OF JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Ruth Murrell.
Stock no. 1406617
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 5th 1958. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 413. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Spine a little darkened. Light creasing to title and first couple of pages. Some light foxing to page edges otherwise contents are generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with some small tears. Slight loss to bottom of spine. Inscription to front flap in child's handwriting. Browning and foxing to verso.

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THE EVERGREEN TALES; OR TALES FOR THE AGELESS
Written by J.C. Mardrus; Hans Christian Andersen; Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone; Sylvain Sauvage; Everett Gee Jackson.
Stock no. 1316424
Published by The Limited Editions Club. 1949. Very good condition.

Three volumes in slipcase: Ali Baba; The Ugly Duckling; The Sleeping Beauty. Large volumes (12.25 x 8"). Each volume is cloth bound with colour illustrations. Limited edition of 2500 copies. Copy no. 853. Ali Baba is SIGNED by Ardizzone and Ugly Duckling is SIGNED by Jackson, Hersholt and Schwartz. Each volume is slightly bumped and rubbed to spine, Ali Baba has a small nick to centre of spine. There are some light fingermarks to page margins but generally the contents are clean. The slipcase is worn and the spine of the slipcase is browned.

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HEATH ROBINSON'S BOOK OF GOBLINS
No author listed. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1506906
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition.

A Collection of Folklore and Fairy Tales. Blue textured cloth boards, gilt titles and blind vignettes. Seven colour plates including frontis and over 50 b/w illustrations. 239 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. A couple of tiny bumps to cover edges. Spine browned and gilt on spine and front dulled. A couple of marks to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Some foxing to contents and text block otherwise very good.

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HOB AND BOB A TALE OF TWO GOBLINS
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Charles Stewart.
Stock no. 1506840
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A fairy story in which children will find many old nursery rhyme friends. Yellow cloth. Colour sketches throughout. 63 pages. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Light foxing to covers with some darkening to top and bottom edges. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Foxing, mainly to endpapers and text block. Grubby fingermarks to first few pages, rest clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn with tears and chips, loss from top of spine and top of front flap. Hole to front edge of spine. Very grubby.

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THE THREE GOOD FRIENDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506743
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

A Coloured Picture Book For The Nursery. Containing nursery rhymes and Little Red Riding Hood plus sixteen coloured (chromolithograph) illustrations. Untearable - pages mounted on cloth. Brown decorated cloth with gilt title labels and small oval floral onlay to front cover. Large format 11.5 x 8.75". Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Some darkening to cover edges. Onlay and gilt on front cover ribbed. A few short scratches to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to contents but colours are bright and pages are generally clean.

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PRINZ GRUNEWALD UND PERLENFEIN MIT IHREM LIEBEN ESELEIN
Written by Heinrich Hoffmann.
Stock no. 1506675
Published by Rutten & Loening Berlag. circa 1928. Slightly better than good condition.

Prince Grunewald and Perlenfein with their Dear Little Donkey. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Pictorial pastedowns. Colour illustrations. 24 pages, including rear pastedown. 11 x 8.5". Spine faded and worn with splits and loss to top and middle. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers browned and a little grubby. Ink inscription to top margin of front pastedown. Contents browned but colours are still bright.

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