OLD TIME TALES
Written by Lewis Marsh. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2125998
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Circa 1921. Almost very good condition.

15 tales of many lands. 6 colour plates and b/w text illustrations throughout. Illustrated green cloth covers. 155 pages. 7.75 x 5.5". Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small nick to spine. A few marks to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing and some grubby margin marks.

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FOLK TALES FROM MANY LANDS
Written by Lilian Gask. Illustrated by Willy Pogany.
Stock no. 2125347
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1910. Almost very good condition.

A lovely collection of folk tales with b/w illustrations throughout. Also contains 8 full page colour plates, including frontis. Black end papers illustrated in gilt. Red cloth with gilt decorations and colour onlay. 286pp. 8.5 x 5.5". 1cm x 2cm piece of loss to top of spine. A few chips to base of spine. Darkening to edges of covers. Name in ink to half-title page. Some foxing, mostly to outer page edges; some to page margins. All plates present.

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ENGLISH FOLK-HEROES
Written by Christina Hole. Illustrated by Eric King.
Stock no. 1317317
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The most widespread and popular legends of English national folk heroes, relating them to the true facts of the life of each hero. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn, slightly grubby to rear panel and has a large tear to rear panel which has been tape repaired on verso.

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BEYOND THE STONES OF MACHU PICCHU: FOLK TALES AND STORIES OF INCA LIFE
Written by Elizabeth Conrad Van Buskirk. Illustrated by Angel L. Callanaupa Alvarez.
Stock no. 1815528
Published by Thrums. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780983886051.

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THE EAR OF CORN
No author listed. Illustrated by Y. Vasnetsov.
Stock no. 2123968
Published by Foreign Languages Publishing House. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Paperwraps. Colour illustrations. A Ukrainian Folk Tale. Creasing to corners and browning. A few closed tears to covers. Foxing.

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THE POTATO KING AND OTHER FOLK TALES
Written by Wilhelm Matthiessen. Illustrated by Ruth Bartlett.
Stock no. 2123958
Published by Burke Publishing Company Ltd.. 1st thus 1969. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. Simple illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0222991836. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing and some light browning.

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TALES FOR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN
Written by John Jackson. Illustrated by Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini.
Stock no. 2123897
Published by Jj Books. 1st 2011. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Brown/orange cloth with black titles and decorations. Colour & b/w illustrations. Discover the magic and mystery of the East with this beautiful collection of folk tales from master storyteller John Jackson and acclaimed artist Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini. ISBN: 9780956921239.

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VASSILISA THE BEAUTIFUL
Written by Irina Zheleznova.
Stock no. 1317037
Published by Central Books Limited. 1976. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card-wraps. Colour illustrations. A Russian Folk-Tale retold in English. ISBN: 014075447. Slight rubbing to cover edges.

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THE FIREBIRD
No author listed. Illustrated by Ludek Manasek.
Stock no. 1317027
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st UK 1969. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Curtain-Raiser Book, the story made famous by Ballet. Large format. White boards with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Lovely colour illustrations. ISBN: 046005905X. Foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper has tears to top edges and some loss to top edge of rear panel. Foxing to verso of wrapper and to wrapper flaps.

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LITTLE GREY NECK
Written by James Riordan; Eileen Colwell. Illustrated by Caroline Sharpe.
Stock no. 2123395
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Russian Folk Tale retold. Pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures throughout. The story of a grey duck with a damaged wing. ISBN: 072266477X. Some wear along cover edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with a couple of closed tears: some edge-chipping and creasing; only a few nicks of loss.

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A FIRE IN MY HEART KURDISH TALES
Written by Diane Edgecomb.
Stock no. 1507067
Published by Libraries Unlimited. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

With contributions from Mohammed M.A. Ahmed & Ceto Ozek. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 9781591584377. Covers lightly rubbed/scratched. A few light fox spots to top edge of text block. Contents clean.

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WEST AFRICAN FOLK-TALES
Written by W.H. Barker; Cecilia Sinclair. Illustrated by Cecilia Sinclair.
Stock no. 1507057
Published by George G. Harrap & Co.. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, black titles. 23 b/w drawings and b/w photo frontis. 184 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Four small nicks to cloth along bottom edge of rear cover. Endpapers browned. Foxing to top edge of text block and small brown spot to outside edge. Just an odd mark/fox spot to contents.

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