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THE RED BOOK OF HEROES
Written by Mrs. Lang; Andrew Lang. Illustrated by A. Wallis Mills.
Stock no. 2139770
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1909. Slightly better than good condition.

Edited by Andrew Lang. Red covers with extensive gilt decorations. Containing 8 colour plates and numerous illustrations. 368 pages. All edges gilt. Bumping and wear to cover edges/corners. Some fading and what appears to be damp marking to covers. Ink stamp to front endpaper. Small name in ink to front pastedown. Joints are a bit cracked. Some browning. Pencil underling in places. Margin marks. Page corner creasing; a few small margin tears.

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THE TOPSY-TURVY STORYBOOK
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by John Eastwood.
Stock no. 2137796
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Fairy tales, legends and nursery rhymes rewritten in King-Smith's mischievous style. A riotous collection uproariously illustrated in colour throughout. Dark green cloth. Gilt title to spine. 64pp. 11 x 8". Large format. Browning/foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing.

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THE SEA KING'S DAUGHTER
Written by Aaron Shepard. Illustrated by Gennady Spirin.
Stock no. 2135974
Published by Skyhook Press. 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A Russian Legend. ISBN: 9781620355534.

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MINI MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF OKLAHOMA INDIANS
Written by Lu Celia Wise. Illustrated by Various.
Stock no. 1321627
Published by Oklahoma State Department Of Education. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 64 pages. Covers are edge rubbed and lightly scuffed. Some loss of paper covering to top and tail of spine. Pencil erasure mark to front pastedown. Contents clean.

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WHY-SO STORIES OF BIRDS & BEASTS FROM FOLK-LORE & LEGEND
Written by Edwin Gile Rich. Illustrated by Charles Copeland; Ernest A. Aris; et al..
Stock no. 1321014
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1934. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing rabbit with a noose round neck of a duck (plate repeated inside). 4 colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 120 pages. Covers are edge worn. Spine bumped and grubby, rear cover is rubbed and grubby. Page browning and foxing to textblock.

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SHAMROCK AND SPEAR TALES AND LEGENDS FROM IRELAND
Written by F.M. Pilkington. Illustrated by Roy Spencer.
Stock no. 2132483
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth covered boards. Gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. A few knocks to cover edges. Marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is browned with some edge-creasing.

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THESEUS - GOLDEN TALES OF GREECE
Written by Compton Mackenzie. Illustrated by William Stobbs.
Stock no. 1318527
Published by Aldus Books. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream boards, gilt title to spine. Dramatic colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 049000251X. Some slight browning to cover edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is creased and slightly edge rubbed.

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SISTER ALYONUSHKA AND BROTHER IVANUSHKA and THE WHITE DUCK
Written by Irina Zheleznova.
Stock no. 1318301
Published by Central Books Limited. 1979. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format 11.75 x 9.25". Cream pictorial cardwraps. Colour pictures. Retold in English by Zheleznova. 12 pages. ISBN: 014075447.

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ROBIN OF THE MOVIES
Written by David Turner. Illustrated by Malcolm Baker.
Stock no. 2131252
Published by Yeoman Publishing. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. The Cinematic History of the Legendary Outlaw of Sherwood. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0951558803. Very slight creasing to cover corners. Contents are excellent.

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ALADDIN AND HIS LAMP
No author listed.
Stock no. 2131095
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small format (3.5 x 3"). Pictorial cardwraps. 30 pages. B/w illustrations. Small nicks to top and tail of spine. Foxing to outer page edges.

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THE MAGIC OINTMENT AND OTHER CORNISH LEGENDS
Written by Eric Quayle. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2127085
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 108 pages. 12 stories. ISBN: 0862641292. Bumping and some wear to spine and corners. A few margin marks.

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NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHS & LEGENDS
Written by O.B. Duane.
Stock no. 2126989
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1860193773.

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