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THE LITTLE MERMAID AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Ann Macleod.
Stock no. 1830100
Published by Collins. Very good condition.

Three Favourite Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid; The Emperor's New Clothes; and The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep. Retold by Ann MacLeod. Large format. Green glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 44 pages. Top & tail of spine, front spine edge & corners rubbed. A few minor marks to boards. Contents clean.

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THE UGLY DUCKLING
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Adrian Mitchell. Illustrated by Jonathan Heale.
Stock no. 1329947
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maroon cloth spine with gilt title, cream boards. Green endpapers, delightful colour woodcuts. ISBN: 0751370185. Slight rubbing to corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges and very slightly faded to spine.

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THE BROTHERS GRIMM - POPULAR FOLK TALES
Written by Brothers Grimm; Brian Alderson. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1329879
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1978. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w throughout. Illustrated endpapers. 192 pages. 10 x 7". ISBN: 0575024461. SIGNED by the artist to title-page. Spine very slightly bumped. Slight evidence of some pencil erasure to verso of front free-endpaper.

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THE LILAC FAIRY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 1329874
Published by Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd.. 1st 1910. Good condition.

Lilac covers with gilt titles and vignette to spine. Embossed decoration to front cover. 6 coloured plates and numerous illustrations. xv and 369 pages. 7.5" x 5". All edges gilt. Covers have faded to white (a normal problem with this volume!). Gilt still bright. Covers grubby and spine bumped. Both free-endpapers are missing. There is some foxing to the prelims and the last couple of pages. The b/w plate opposite page 6 has been coloured in neatly. All other plates are present and untouched.

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THE MUSICIANS OF BREMEN
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Robert Lumley; John Berry.
Stock no. 1329766
Published by Ladybird Books. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

Ladybird series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721403840. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Slight fading to spine. Contents clean. This title is last listed on rear cover, tally number 350.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Reginald Spink. Illustrated by H. Baumhauer.
Stock no. 1329761
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1961. Very good condition.

8 colour plates plus b/w line drawings. Childrens Illustrated Classics series. Cream and blue decorated cloth with matching endpapers. 245 pages. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Light creasing to first few pages. Foxing to textblock.

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INDIAN FAIRY TALES
Written by M. Dorothy Belgrave; Hilda Hart. Illustrated by Harry Theaker.
Stock no. 1329760
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. 6 colour plates (also mentions a plate to the cover, but this must be either a dustwrapper or a different binding?). B/w text illustrations. 104 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly darkened. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Grubby fingermarks to page margins and some foxing.

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THE SNOW QUEEN AND OTHER STORIES FOR THE FIVE YEAR OLD
Written by Louey Chisholm. Illustrated by Katharine Cameron.
Stock no. 1329565
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Circa 1918. Good condition.

Stories are: The Snow Queen, Snowdrop and the Seven Dwarfs, Tom Thumb, The Three Golden Hairs and The Babes in the Wood. Beige boards, black title to spine. Large pictorial onlay to front cover. 8 colour plates. 60 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers darkened at edges and to lower corner of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (dated 1918). Grubby fingermarks to contents (including margins of plates).

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THE SPIDER'S PALACE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Richard Hughes. Illustrated by George Charlton.
Stock no. 1829503
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A book of modern fairy tales. Yellow pictorial paper boards. B/w text illustrations. 166 pages. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed else boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned with minor foxing to top edge. Browning to half-title page else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and has a couple of minor closed tears to edges.

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ENGLISH FABLES AND FAIRY STORIES
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1829496
Published by Oxford University Press. 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of well-know English fairy-tales and folk-tales retold by James Reeves. Pink cloth, gilt title to spine on mauve title block. Decorated endpapers. Colour illustrations and b/w text illustrations throughout. 234 pages. Third impression. Light mottling to boards. Foxing to text block with some bleeding to edge of pages. Name & date in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few minor foxspots to endpapers and prelims. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few foxspots and is a little grubby, lightly worn to top & tail of spine. Musty odour present.

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THE WILD SWANS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1329181
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Brown boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Fairy Tale Gems Series. 2 colour plates plus b/w drawings. Other Stories are: The Storks; The Daisy and The Little Match Girl. Spine and corners bumped. Spine darkened, slight marking to cover edges. Front free-endpaper has been removed and now joint is cracked. Foxing to textblock and endpapers.

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NURSERY RHYMES AND FAIRY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328904
Published by Treasure Press. 1987. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Charming full-page colour pictures. Originally published by Ward Lock in two volumes. 190 pages. Cr 4to. ISBN: 090740751X. Spine is faded. Heavy foxing to textblock.

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