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PERRAULT'S COMPLETE FAIRY TALES
Written by Charles Perrault. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1326732
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Translated from the French by A.E.Johnson and others. Blue boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 183 numbered pages. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Foxing to endpapers and to top edge of textblock. A slight musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly grubby, rear panel is foxed and lightly browned.

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PEACOCK PIE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Claude Lovat Fraser.
Stock no. 1325414
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and peacock vignette to front. 127 numbered pages. 16 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly rubbed and marked. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing else 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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PEACOCK PIE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Jocelyn Crowe.
Stock no. 1324077
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1936. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Book of Rhymes. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 81 little pictures in colour. Spine bumped. Tiny dent to top edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing to endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is slightly grubby and a little torn/chipped at edges.

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PEACOCK PIE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Claude Lovat Fraser.
Stock no. 1323526
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

Limited to 250 signed and numbered copies. Cloth spine with gilt title, grey boards. 127 pages, top edge gilt and others untrimmed. 16 colour plates. SIGNED by the artist to limitation page, this is copy no. 212. Endpapers are partly browned else contents are clean. Spine is darkened and worn at top with a small split to front edge. Corners are slightly bumped and worn.

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DOWN-ADOWN-DERRY
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 1323471
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

A Book of Fairy Poems. Limited edition of 325 copies, cream boards with gilt titles and vignette to front cover.. Colour frontis and 2 other plates. B/w illustrations throughout. 193 pages, top edge gilt others untrimmed. SIGNED by the author to the limitation page. This is copy no. 214. Spine and corners are slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine is browned, covers are grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers and tissue-guard of frontis are browned else contents are clean.

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CITY OF ENCOUNTERS: A LONDON DIVERTISSEMENT
Written by Thomas Burke.
Stock no. 2135185
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Spine and rear cover are very faded; other fading to some other edges. Foxing to outer page edges.

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SOMETHING FOR CHRISTMAS
Written by Palmer Brown. Illustrated by Palmer Brown.
Stock no. 1317599
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st UK 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a little mouse's search for a very special Christmas gift. Delightful colour illustrations. Pale blue cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Small format. Slight bumping to spine. Some light foxing to top edge of textblock else contents fine. Some small marks to dustwrapper and a light vertical brown mark to edge of front panel, dustwrapper spine is lightly browned.

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THE WATER-BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1406768
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1915. Slightly better than good condition.

A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Green cloth, gilt titles & vignettes. 8 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 319 pages. Bumping to spine and corners. Spine and cover edges darkened. Gilt on spine is dulled. Large score mark to rear cover. Newspaper cuttings have been stuck to front endpaper. Small booksellers label and small patch of newsprint to front pastedown. Front joint beginning to crack. Browning to endpapers and tissue guard to frontis. Name and numbers (Isa 14/20) written in ink on front endpaper. Foxing to prelims and page edges. Some fingering. Plates all present.

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LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1607965
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

Deluxe edition, limited to 525 numbered and signed copies. Bound in light grey cloth with gold pictorial spine. Gold pictorial white label to front cover. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 13 tipped-in colour plates and 43 b/w drawings. Mauve on white pictorial endpapers. 250pp. 12 x 9.5". SIGNED by Rackham. Limited edition: this is copy number 352 of 525. Spine and corners bumped, with some wear to the cloth. Some marks to boards. Cracking ans splitting to front joint. Endpapers browned. Bookplate pasted to half-title page. All colour plates present: last plate is corner creased but all others are in fine condition. A few scattered foxspots. Contents generally clean and bright, but pages 248-9 are browned.

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THE WATER-BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2119373
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1915. Almost very good condition.

A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Green cloth, dark titles & vignettes. 8 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 319 pages. Spine is faded and foxed. Uneven fading and some other marks to covers. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small splits to top and tail of spine; with fraying of cloth. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing. All plates present.

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THE WATER-BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1504580
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1915. Slightly better than good condition.

A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Green cloth, dark titles & vignettes. 8 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 319 pages. Rear joint has been repaired and the spine has been reglued. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to spine and rear cover. Covers mottled and marked. Two letters in ink to front pastedown. Half-title page and tissue guard to frontis very browned. All colour plates present, tear to top margin of one whilst does reach illustration. Just a few fox spots. Contents mostly clean just an odd mark.

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