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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Holmes.
Stock no. 1325900
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards, red spine. First story "Little Ida's Flowers". 4 colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge worn. Covers slightly grubby. Foxing to contents.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Rie Cramer; Lilian A. Govey.
Stock no. 1325898
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1936. Good condition.

Blue/grey cloth with black title to spine and vignette to front cover. 12 colour plates and b/w chapter headings. 349 page. Spine and corners bumped. Fading/spotting to spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Front joint cracked showing webbing beneath (between free-endpaper and frontis).Title-pate is detached but still present (old tape marks on verso of title-page and contents page where it was previously stuck in). Heavy foxing to contents.

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GRIMMS' FAIRY TALES
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 1325896
Published by The Children's Press. Good condition.

Pictorial front cover illustrated by A.H.Watson shows a blonde haired girl holding the hands of some kind of spirit being(?). First story is 'The House in the Wood'. 4 colour plates. B/w text illustrations throughout. Covers are edge worn with chipping to the paper covering of the spine edges. Browning and foxing to contents which are otherwise clean.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Maxwell Armfield.
Stock no. 1325867
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Children's Illustrated Classics series. Beige decorated cloth. Decorated endpapers. 8 colour plates, many b/w line drawings. 278 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped. Name and address ink stamp to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge-chipped with old tape marks to spine and corners on verso.

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STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1325539
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth, imprinted in scarlet. 12 colour plates. Published for Boots The Chemist. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink and date to front free-endpaper. Tiny margin tear to plate opposite page 17. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn at top of spine and has some slight loss to lower corner of front panel.

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CUCKOO CHERRY-TREE
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1325528
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

"A book of original fairy tales, imbued with country lore and magic, with a background of woods and fields and cottages where simple folk live". Green cloth, red title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Front free-endpaper removed. A couple of small margin tears and one of the b/w illustrations neatly coloured in (opposite page 48). Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss and browned to spine and rear panel.

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THE SNOW QUEEN
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Naomi Lewis. Illustrated by Christian Birmingham.
Stock no. 1325400
Published by Walker Books. 1st thus 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Retold by Naomi Lewis. A magical Winter's tale of a young girl and her quest to save the boy she loves. Large format. Blue pictorial boards. Beautiful colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781406306347. Small glue(?) mark to front free-endpaper else a fine copy. Clear dustwrapper with white 'snow' pattern is slightly nicked at corners.

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THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE KIDS
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Robert Lumley.
Stock no. 1325329
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1974. Almost very good condition.

Ladybird series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721402402. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Marks to rear cover. Last title listed on rear cover is The Princess and the Frog, Tally 360 and price 18p. Some light foxing to contents.

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THE MYSTERIOUS TALE OF GENTLE JACK AND LORD BUMBLEBEE
Written by George Sand; Gela Jacobson. Illustrated by Gennady Spirin.
Stock no. 1325236
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

Told in English for the first time. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 74 pages. ISBN: 0416085326. Spine and corners bumped. Small old price label to rear cover. Contents clean.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1325108
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1917. Good condition.

Red cloth with black titles and vignettes. 16 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. B/w text illustrations. 288 pages. Top edge red. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Covers marked. 2 plates are creased and 1 other has a tiny corner crease. Foxing to text pages and some margins of plate mounts. Tissue-guards are browned/foxed. Textblock is foxed and slightly stained at top edge.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1825385
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Boots the Chemists. Circa 1930. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Published for Boots The Chemist. Large format. Red cloth covers, gilt titles. 16 colour tipped-in plates. Many b/w illustrations. 319 pages. 10 x 7.5". Light rubbing to corners. Gift insription in ink to front pastedown. Text block browned. A few grubby marks to contents. Plates are fine. Some b/w illustrations coloured in with colouring pencils. A few pages have a tiny piece of the lower corner missing. Dustwrapper is chipped at corners, a large amount of loss to base of spine (3") and thus spine of book is lightly faded where the dustwrapper is missing, also a little creased.

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TALES FROM EBONY
Written by Harcourt Williams. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1325082
Published by Nattali & Maurice Limited. 1st thus 1947. Good condition.

Red cloth. Gilt title and decoration. The new edition. Colour plates and b/w chapter headers & footers. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers damp stained. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing and fingermarks to contents. Endpapers are lightly browned and foxed.

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