Aesop's Fables (Young Folks' Classic Series)
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co. Hard Cover.
No publisher date. No jacket. Board edges rubbed, board soiled, pages toned.
159 pp. Illustrated boards with gilt accents. Woodcuts by various artists.
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co. Hard Cover.
No publisher date. No jacket. Board edges rubbed, board soiled, pages toned.
159 pp. Illustrated boards with gilt accents. Woodcuts by various artists.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1976. Szyk, Arthur. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Reissue. Includes clear acetate jacket.
Originally published in 1991, this collection of classic fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by internationally acclaimed artist Lisbeth Zwerger, has been expanded -- three stories added -- and completely redesigned.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Lo Grippo, Robert. Full-Leather.
Tiny blemish to front edge of spine, otherwise an exceptional copy.
543 pp. Full orange-brown leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Translated from the original Danish by Erik Christian Haugaard.....
Odense, Denmark: Flensted, 1972. Pedersen, Vilhelm; Frolich, Lorenz. Reprint. Small Hard Cover.
1970s reprint of Keigwin's award-winning English translation. Volume 1: Lacks acetate jacket, smudge on front board. Promotional ribbon marker included. Volume 4: Tear along edge of front jacket panel.
Four volume set. Edited by Svend Larsen, with illustrations.....
New York: Allen Brothers, 1869. Hartmann, Carl; Dalziel. Hard Cover.
Spine faded, ink name stamp crossed out on title page, ink name and date on front endpaper.
vi, 9-154, 7-187, [3] pp. Beautiful blind-stamped purple cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Engraved frontispiece, portrait of Andersen from a painting by Carl.....
London: Faber & Faber, 1971. Jacques, Robin. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback.
Second printing. Sticker remains and surface tear on spine, bottom edge of rear cover soiled.
346 pp. Translated by M. R. James. Drawings by Robin Jacques. Stories include The Tinder Box; The Princess and the Pea; Thumbelina; The Little.....
New York: Scott, Foreman and Company, 1961. Large Hardcover.
Lacks jacket, boards rubbed.
Contains fables, myths, and fairy tales from many traditions.
New York: Random House, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Boards lightly soiled with a couple tiny blemishes, slightly musty.
Unpaginated. An illustrated history of trolls and their daily routines, homes, family life, myths, entertainments and some of their neighbors, the dwarfs and elves.
Boston: Sanborn, Carter, Bazin & Co., 1855. Third Edition. Hard Cover.
Third edition. Loss to spine head, tear to spine, hinges repaired with tape, ink notes on second flyleaf.
488 pp. Author's first book. "Bulfinch's Mythology is a collection of general audience works by American Latinist and banker Thomas Bulfinch.....
MN: Polanie Publishing Company, 1983. Stombaugh, Karen. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. No jacket. Light general wear.
53 pp. A children's story about the white storks, the fairy tale birds of the old world.
New York: McGaw-Hill, Inc., 1963. D'Amato, Janet and Alex. Spiral-Bound Hardcover.
Light general wear.
Unpaginated. Board book in spiral-bound format. Adapted and illustrated by Janet and Alex D'Amato. A retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: David McKay, 1921. Cook, Edna. Hard Cover.
Front board rubbed, front hinge starting, ink name on front free endpaper, title page foxed.
289 pp. Color frontispiece and plates by Edna Cook. A collection of Norwegian folk tales. Includes: East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon; The.....
Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 1974. Vos, Peter. Large Hardcover.
Jacket lightly rubbed.
166 pp. Dutch text. A collection of Dutch fairy tales, with color plates and illustrations by Peter Vos throughout.
Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 1972. Vos, Peter. Large Hardcover.
Jacket rubbed with 2 inch tear on base of rear panel.
166 pp. Dutch text. A collection of Dutch fairy tales, with illustrations by Peter Vos throughout.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1945. Baldridge, Cyrus Leroy. Hard Cover.
Includes acetate jacket. Remains on front panel of acetate jacket. Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper.
xiv, 314 pp. The novel takes place in the Netherlands and is a colourful fictional portrait of early 19th-century Dutch life, as well as.....
Mineola, New York: Dover, 2004. Dulac, Edmund. Large Softcover.
A fine copy.
viii, 54 plates. One of the most influential (and most prolific) illustrators of children's books during the early twentieth century, Edmund Dulac brought countless fairy tales to life through his distinct artistic style, subtle use of color, and.....
New Haven: Yales University Press, 1923. Field, Rachel Lyman. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Endpapers lightly foxed.
118 pp. Silhouette illustrations. Fairy tales with short bits of verse separating each story. CONTENTS: Punch & Robinetta; The Tapestry Prince; The Two Poor Seamstresses; The Princess Dyonetia; The Fairy.....
. Golden Cocky, 1993. Kondakova, Olga. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. No jacket. Light general wear.
77 pp. CONTENTS: The Wooden Eagle; The Copper, Silver, and Golden Tsardoms; The Silver Saucer and the Ripe, Juicy Apple; Jack Frost.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Abbott, Elenore. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1933 reprint. Spine and rear board rubbed, front hinge just beginning to weaken.
vii, 308 pp. Includes color plates. Tales include; The Frog Prince; Hansel and Grethel; Cinderella; The Six Swans; Briar Rose; Little Snow-White; Rumpelstiltskin; Snow-White, and Rose-Red.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1971. Hogrogian, Nonny. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First thus. No jacket. Boards lightly soiled, board corners bumped and rubbed.
ix, 118 pp. Etchings by Nonny Hogrogian. CONTENTS: Foreword; About a Fisherman and His Wife; The Wolf and the Seven Kids; Brier Rose; About Elves: The.....
London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1887. Dore, Gustave. Reissue. Full-Leather.
Rebacked with new leather, gilt titles and decorations sympathetic to original style, first gathering repaired at binding with tissue. Boards lightly stained, front matter lightly foxed, pages 25-32 and 49-120 darker than the rest (these editions often used different paper.....
Avon, Connecticut: The Heritage Press, 1970. Etchemendy, Teje. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Includes publisher's slipcase and Sandglass insert Number X:37. Slipcase lightly rubbed, tiny spot on spine.
Red leather spine, gilt titles, decorated paper over boards. Introduction by editor, illustrations by Teje Etchemendy. A collection of traditional Russian folktales, including: Vasilissa.....
Boston, Massachusetts: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1921. Hard Cover.
Loss to spine head and spine base, boards soiled and bumped, hinges starting, front free endpaper loose but included.
168 pp. Animals posed for photographic illustrations. A collection of Mother Goose rhymes.
London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., 1944. Brooke, Leslie. 1st Printing. Hard Cover.
First printing of 1944 edition, reset in slightly smaller format than 1909 original. No jacket. Ink gift note on front free endpaper.
141 pp. Color plates and frontispiece, black-and-white illustrations in text. Stories include.....
Bronx, New York: Child Guidance Products, Inc. Dauber, Liza. Large Hardcover.
No publisher date. One page's moving components non-functional, tear at spine head taped, pages lightly soiled.
Unpaginated. A telling of Little Red Riding Hood with moving parts.