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THE SAND-MAN AND OTHER FAIRY STORIES
Written by Dorothy Skiller; Allan Skiller. Illustrated by Norman T. Hope.
Stock no. 1502622
Published by Peter Huston Publishing. circa 1954. Slightly better than good condition.

An Uncle Peter Playbook - Series Number One. Brown cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full page colour illustrations and blue and white text illustrations. Contains 7 stories. Spine worn at either end with loss. Corners and cover edges worn. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Centre page is detached. Some foxing and an odd mark but contents generally clean.

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SIX OLD WORLD FAIRY TALES
Written by F.S. Williams. Illustrated by J.K. Wilkinson.
Stock no. 1109347
Published by Peter Hopwood & Co. Ltd. Good condition.

Stories adapted by Williams. Includes 'Sleeping Beauty'; 'Snowdrop and the Seven Dwarfs'; 'Beauty and the Beast' and more. Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Covers are creased, with some tears; damp stains and pencil marks. Pencil marks to prelims. A few pages internally have tears and tear holes to page edges/margins. A reading copy.

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MANTY A FAIRY TALE
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1109345
Published by B.B. Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Blue textured paper with delightful colour illustrations every page. Paperwraps. Creasing and chipping to corners. Marks to covers. Book has been repaired in places (including covers) with tape. Some margin marks. A reading copy.

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THE PATH OF GOLD
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1502589
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The sick King needs the Water of Life to restore him to full health but which of his three sons will find the water first. Taken from the Grimm tale, The Water of Life, this fresh and lucid retelling has all the ingredients of a classic fairy tale. Grey boards with blue titles to spine. B/w Illustrations. 104 pages. ISBN: 241021545. Light bumping to spine. A little foxing to text block. Dustwrapper has closed tear to front panel, is a little edge worn and original price has been crossed out on front flap.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Philip Pullman. Illustrated by Ian Beck.
Stock no. 1109127
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The adventures of that most enterprising feline. An action-packed and very funny retelling of Puss-In-Boots. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0385410328. Light bumping to spine and corners. Page edge browning. Wrapper is creased to edges, with a few marks to rear panel.

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PRINCE PRIGIO AND PRINCE RICARDO
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2113793
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Children's Illustrated Classics series. Illustrated by D. Watkins-Pitchford (BB). Cream and orange decorated cloth. 4 colour plates and numerous line drawings. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is a bit damp, with some edge-creasing and a few chips and nicks.

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THE WIND
Written by Nicky Young. Illustrated by Kate Gartner.
Stock no. 1312315
Published by Vantage Press. 1st USA 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The charming story of Philip and Elizabeth, a little prince and princess who find their way to the enchanted world of Fairyland on the mystical wind. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 31 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0533071151. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Pink dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed with a few small, light marks.

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THE ENCHANTED DOLL
Written by Mark Lemon. Illustrated by May Gladwin.
Stock no. 1312269
Published by David Nutt. 1907. Almost very good condition.

A Fairy Tale for Little People. White stiff card wraps with yellow to front cover. 38 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Spine covered with clear tape, clear tape also used to reinforce the joints inside. Some hinges cracked/pulled causing contents to be a little loose but still tightly bound.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Arthur Mansbridge.
Stock no. 1312072
Published by Renwick of Otley. Almost very good condition.

Retold in Rhyme. Pictorial front board. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine very slightly bumped, corners slightly worn. Pale page browning else contents clean.

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WHEN SANTA CLAUS WAS YOUNG
Written by Helen Reid Cross. Illustrated by Helen Reid Cross.
Stock no. 2113320
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Binding is tied up with ribbon. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Some creasing to cover edges. Small tear to base of spine. Some browning. Foxing; mostly to prelims.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Philip Pullman. Illustrated by Ian Beck.
Stock no. 2113279
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The adventures of that most enterprising feline. An action-packed and very funny retelling of Puss-In-Boots. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0385410328. Some light page edge browning. Wrapper is light edge-creased, with a few grubby marks.

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ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON & THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Written by S. Lyle Cummins. Illustrated by G.L. Stampa.
Stock no. 1402363
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1922. Slightly better than good condition.

Small format. Grey boards. Colour pictorial onlay to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 2 plays for children. Spine and corners bumped. Couple of marks to boards. Small ink marks to top of textblock. Endpapers are browned. Names written in pencil by Dramatis Personae to first play. First few pages are creased on inner margin. Foxing mainly to page edges. Some pencil marks to text. Biro line next to inner margin on one page.

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