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.....
New York: The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf / The Heritage Press, 1948. Kredel, Fritz. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Includes publisher's slipcase. Lacks Sandglass insert. Spines slightly toned, a few abrasions to slipcase.
xx, 297; 445; 430, lii pp. A collection of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales and stories in three volumes. Translated.....
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: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1940. List, Hertha. First American Edition. Hard Cover.
First American edition. No jacket. Minor general wear.
166 pp. Illustrated by Hertha List. Translated from the Danish by Paul Leyssac. CONTENTS: The Tumble-Bug; The Snow Man; The Traveling Companion; The Old Man's Always Right; Little.....
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.
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.
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.....
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: Grosset & Dunlap, 1975. Kredel, Fritz. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Later reissue of the edition first released in 1945. Includes clear acetate jacket.
362 pp. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. CONTENTS: The Twelve Dancing Princesses; The Golden Bird; The Three Spinning Fairies; The Three Children of Fortune; King Thrushbeard; Jorinda.....
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.....
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984. Offen, Hilda. Large Hardcover.
No jacket.
157 pp. A new collection of old and familiar nursery rhymes -- rhymes that stay alive from generation to generation because they move in lively rhythms. The words of these old favorites roll easily from the tongue, whether.....
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.
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1920. Reissue. Hard Cover.
No date, circa 1920. Front hinge just beginning to weaken, 1 inch tear to edge of terminal ad page, ink name on front endpaper.
57, [5] pp. The tale of little red hen and the wily fox. Includes 26 color illustrations.