FAIRY TALES
You are viewing stock in the "FAIRY TALES" category. We currently have 303 books in this category in stock.
303 stock records found. Did you know that you can now search our sold stock? Look for the 'sold stock' filter at the bottom of the filter options.
THE WIND IN THE WOOD
Written by BB.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1326011
Published by Hollis & Carter.
1st
1952.
Very good condition.
A collection of fairy-stories illustrated by 12 glorious colour plates plus b/w chapter head and tail decorations. 143 pages. Blue boards, silver titles. Spine bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Foxing to covers. Endpapers are lightly browned. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. There is a light musty smell to the contents (old book smell).
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
THE NOW-A-DAYS FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin.
Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1325994
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd..
Circa
1933.
Good condition.
6 beautiful colour plates. Pictorial boards, blue cloth spine. Large format. Front cover shows two children, one asleep by a sundial. Covers are edge worn and scuffed. Rear cover is grubby. Spine is bumped and rubbed at top and tail. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Beauty and the Beast plate has ragged edges and a tape repair on verso. There is colouring to the small b/w illustration on the title-page. Foxing, fingering and some margin tears to contents.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
SNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED
Written by Brothers Grimm.
Illustrated by Rachel Cloyne.
Stock no. 1325945
Published by Tango Books.
1st
2012.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A pop-up fairytale. Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. 7 pop-up scenes. ISBN: 9781857078817. Some light marks to page margins and minimal bumping to spine else a super copy.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POP-UP
- FAIRY TALES
ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen.
Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1325925
Published by Collins.
Circa
1924.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
8 glorious colour plates, 7 full page b/w line drawings. Pale grey cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Colour pictorial onlay to front cover. 159 pages. Large format. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. 2 of the plates have small tape repairs to the margins and 1 plate has a small mark. Foxing to textblock. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Dustwrapper is well worn and grubby, section across rear panel has been torn off and replaced with magic tape, another small piece has been torn and creased. Tape repairs on verso of wrapper.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY TALES
Written by L. Edna Walter.
Illustrated by Charles Folkard; J.H. Hartley.
Stock no. 1325923
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd..
1st thus
1923.
Slightly better than good condition.
Red pictorial cloth. 16 colour plates (10 by Folkard and 6 by Hartley). 219 pages. A book of well-known and loved fairy tales. Spine and corners bumped, spine faded. Joints cracked. Endpapers lightly browned. Inscription in ink to half title-page has been partially erased. Heavy foxing and some fingering to margins of plates.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
- MOTHER GOOSE
TALES FROM FAIRYLAND
Written by Rosa Annesley.
Stock no. 1325921
Published by Charles Taylor.
1st
1893.
Good condition.
A collection of stories. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles, illustration to front cover is of a sunset with a young boy flying on a bat over a pond with a frog sat on a toadstool. B/w illustrations. Floral endpapers. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby and spine slightly darkened. Name and address in ink (neat) to verso of front free-endpaper. Contents are well browned with a few small, light marks to margins.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
TALES FROM HANS ANDERSEN
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Shirley Goulden.
Illustrated by Maraja.
Stock no. 1325913
Published by W.H. Allen & Co. Limited.
Good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Splendour Books series (no. 2). Large format. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Tales retold by Goulden. Cover edges are browned. The spine is split at top and tail. Contents are lightly edge browned. Clear dustwrapper is a little too small for the book and has a small piece missing to top of spine.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
THE CRADLE SHIP
Written by Edith Howes.
Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson.
Stock no. 1325911
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd..
14th
1939.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth boards with black titles to front and spine. 4 colour plates. 154 pages. 8.5 x 6". Spine and corners bumped, slight fading to top and tail of spine. Some light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and worn with edge tears and some loss.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
- FAIRIES
TALES FROM GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm; Wanda Gag.
Illustrated by Wanda Gag.
Stock no. 1325910
Published by Faber & Faber Limited.
1943.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The translator (Gag) has included old favourites, less well-known and also several of the best tales hardly known or available in adequate English translations. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 247 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine bumped. Some light spotting to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned and spotted. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and slightly grubby with felt-tip pen marks to rtitles on rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY STORIES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen.
Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1325909
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd..
12th
Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.
A 'Price Charming colour book'. Green boards with yellow titles to front and spine. 18 delightful colour plates to contents. 8.5 x 6". 224 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some light foxing. Dustwrapper is well worn with substantial loss and missing its rear flap. Undated 12th edition.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
- PRINCE CHARMING COLOUR SERIES
HANS ANDERSEN FAIRY-TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen.
Illustrated by Axel Mathiesen.
Stock no. 1325905
Published by Jespersen & Pio Publishers.
1961.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, 8 delightful colour plates by the Danish artist. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn, small splits to top of spine. First plate is almost detached. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn, grubby to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
MY FAIRY TALE BOOK
Written by Tetta Ward; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; Dorothy King; et al.
Illustrated by H.R. Millar; Florence Harrison; et al..
Stock no. 1325903
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Good condition.
Large format. Blue cloth spine, beautiful colour illustration of fairies to front board and one story has 2 text and 1 full-page b/w illustrations by Harrison. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations throughout. First story is "The Giant who Kept a School" by Ward. Covers are very worn and spine is as well. Frontis is detached with ragged edges. Heavy foxing. Some grubby fingermarks and other marks.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES