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1. Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights
Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights
by E. Dixon
with illustrations by Joan Kiddell-Monroe
1st Thus edition, published by Dent in 1951
Grey pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#119834   £15.00   
2. The Wonderful Lamp
The Wonderful Lamp
by Max Voegeli
with illustrations by Felix Hoffmann
Reprint, published by Oxford University Press in 1963
Based upon the stories of Aladdin and Sinbad from the Tales of the Arabian Nights.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#35629   £7.50   
3. Tales from the Arabian Nights
Tales from the Arabian Nights
with illustrations by Brian Wildsmith
1st Thus edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1961
Dark brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper and edges of covers.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#119827   £25.00   
4. Ali Baba and other stories from the Arabian Nights
Ali Baba and other stories from the Arabian Nights
by Lawrence Housman
with illustrations by Edmund Dulac
1st edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1911
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
15cm x 21cm.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Spine darkened and gilt on spine dulled and a little rubbed.
Binding delicate.
19 of 24 plates present (of which several are present but detached).
Pages edgeworn, and some foxing at edges of pages.
Reading condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#119006   £75.00   
5. Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights
Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights
by N. J. Dawood
with illustrations by William Harvey
1st Thus edition, published by Puffin in 1993
ISBN: 0140369244.
Paperback.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#90035   £2.75   
6. Tales from the Arabian Nights
Tales from the Arabian Nights
by James Riordan
with illustrations by Victor G. Ambrus
1st edition, published by Hamlyn in 1983
ISBN: 0600366936.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Dustwrapper spine slightly faded.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#116417   £12.50   
7. Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights
Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights
by N. J. Dawood
with illustrations by William Harvey
1st Thus edition, published by Puffin in 1989
ISBN: 0140351051.
Paperback.
Covers slightly worn.
Pages beginning to tan.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#70392   £3.50   
8. Tales from the Arabian Nights
Tales from the Arabian Nights
by Lisa Commager
with illustrations by David Geva
1st Thus edition, published by Orbis Publishing in 1984
ISBN: 0856136751.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Corners bumped.
Spine ends neatly taped.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#116055   £5.00   
9. The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights
1st Thus edition, published by Fabbri Publishing Ltd. in 1992
ISBN: 1855873370.
Octavo.
Maroon leatherette boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
186 pages.
A selection of five tales, based on the Ward Lock edition.
Small patch of faint scribble on front cover.
Two pages with small creases.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
#104861   £3.00   
10. Tales from Shakespeare
Tales from Shakespeare
by Charles and Mary Lamb
with illustrations by Arthur Rackham
Published by Temple Press in 1909
Reissue of 1899 edition.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Embossed gilt lettering and decoration.
Twelve colour plates.
Several black and white drawings.
Covers slightly discoloured.
Plates all very good.
Covers worn at edges and unevenly faded.
Spine edges worn.
Back edge of spine split.
Gilt decoration faded and dimmed.
Generally VG in other respects.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#40212   £75.00   
11. Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales
Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales
by Grace James
with illustrations by Warwick Goble
Published by Macmillan and Co in 1923
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
15cm x 22cm.
16 colour plates.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Spine slightly faded.
Name at top corner of front endpaper.
Contents clean.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#118889   £50.00   
12. Fairy Tales from Many Lands
Fairy Tales from Many Lands
with illustrations by Arthur Rackham
Published by Heinemann in 1974
ISBN: 0434958549.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, and a little faded.
Some foxing to top edge of page block (contents not affected).
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#115158   £10.00   
13. The Rainbow Book - Tales of Fun & Fancy
The Rainbow Book - Tales of Fun & Fancy
by Mrs M. H. Spielmann
1st edition, published by Chatto & Windus in 1909
Red embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
290 pages.
Illustrators include: Arthur Rackham, Hugh Thomson, Bernard Partridge, Lewis Baumer, Harry Rountree and C. Wilhelm.
Covers worn and faded, with some soiling.
Spine darkened.
Gilt rubbed.
Endpapers pasted down.
Two B/W plates missing.
Contents good.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#115993   £40.00   
14. Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by Gwynedd M. Hudson
Published by Hodder and Stoughton / Boots in 1932
Red embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
20cm x 25cm.
180 pages.
Centenary Edition.
Rectangular picture onlay depicting Alice and Dinah on front panel of dustwrapper (duplicates frontispiece).
Black line drawn illustrations of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare on rear panel of dustwrapper.
The same illustrations of the Hatter and the Hare appear on the front and back endpapers and pastedowns, additionally with orange colouring to their coats.
12 tipped-in colour plates (including frontispiece), all present.
Dustwrapper intact, with moderate wear, mainly at edges, and has been neatly reinforced at the corners on the reverse with small tabs of tape.
Some light wear to edges of covers.
Gilt lettering and decoration remains bright.
Binding sound.
Some foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Name written neatly in Belongs To box facing half-title.
Pages slightly tanned.
Includes a small number of newspaper clippings from the 1930s onward, on the subject of Lewis Carroll and Alice.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#118455   £400.00   
15. English Fairy Tales
English Fairy Tales
by Flora Annie Steel
with illustrations by Arthur Rackham
1st edition, published by Macmillan in 1918
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
17cm x 21cm.
Covers a little worn and faded.
Gilt on spine has dimmed.
Binding generally sound.
Some faint foxing to prelims and intermittently to page edges.
Pages very slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#114365   £50.00   
16. Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
with illustrations by J. Ayton Symington
Reprint, published by J. M. Dent in 1953
Edited by F. C. Tilney.
Duodecimo.
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
128 pages.
Eight colour plates.
Four black and white illustrations.
Covers soiled.
Gilt faded, particularly on spine.
Front endpaper creased.
Half title spotted.
Contents in good condition.
Black and white illustrations neatly coloured in.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#96831   £4.00   
17. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by Alice Ross
Published by W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell circa 1922
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
12cm x 16cm.
Undated; gift dedication on front endpaper dated Christmas 1923.
Covers faded and heavily worn.
Corners bumped.
Lower half of spine-strip missing.
Binding a little strained.
Fontispiece and three of four colour plates present (plate at p34 missing).
Pages heavily tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#115268   £20.00   
18. The Faber Book of Modern Fairy Tales
The Faber Book of Modern Fairy Tales
with illustrations by Ann Strugnnell
1st edition, published by Faber & Faber in 1981
ISBN: 0571117686.
Edited by Sara and Stephen Corrin.
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
312 pages.
Fifteen tales by recent authors, which have been accepted as fairy tales.
Authors include, Ted Hughes, Philippa Pearce, and E. Nesbit.
Minor wear to dustwrapper and covers.
Name at top of front endpaper.
Otherwise clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#100211   £5.00   
19. Tales from Shakespeare
Tales from Shakespeare
by Charles and Mary Lamb
with illustrations by Arthur Rackham
Reprint, published by Temple Press in 1939
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
17cm x 23cm.
Light wear to covers.
Gilt on spine dulled.
Prize label on front pastedown.
Some faint foxing to prelims and fore-edge.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#114205   £50.00   
20. Fairy Gold
Fairy Gold
by Ruth Ainsworth
with illustrations by Barbara Hope Steinberg
Published by Heinemann in 1975
ISBN: 0434925853.
Twenty-eight retellings of favourite tales, illustrated with black and white drawings.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#63155   £4.00   
21. The man who caught the wind
The man who caught the wind
by Margaret Gibbs
with illustrations by May Smith
1st edition, published by Chapman and Hall in 1936
Quarto.
Beige cloth-covered boards with black lettering.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
136 pages.
Stories from Children's Hour.
Small bump to the bottom right hand corner.
Slight damage to the top of the spine.
Dustwrapper has three centimetres missing from spine ends.
Neat gift dedication on the front endpaper, plus partially erased name written in a childish script.
All of the fourteen black and white illustrations have been very carefully painted.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#85882   £25.00   
22. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
by Hans Christian Andersen
with illustrations by Margaret W. Tarrant
Published by Ward Lock circa 1948
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
16 colour plates.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Neat name on front endpaper.
Some faint foxing to prelims.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#116420   £20.00   
23. Grimm's Fairy Tales
Grimm's Fairy Tales
by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
with illustrations by Arthur Rackham
Published by Heinemann in 1973
ISBN: 043495862X.
Quarto.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Dustrapper faded at spine, price-clipped, and a little worn.
Covers worn at edges.
Some light foxing to fore edge.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#119803   £7.50   
24. More Bedtime Tales
More Bedtime Tales
Published by Cavendish House in 1984
ISBN: 0863072569.
Octavo.
Blue laminated boards.
91 pages.
Twelve stories, six traditional tales.
Also includes two Old Testament stories, two tales taken from the Northern myths, and a story from Hiawatha.
12 colour illustrations and a number of black and white drawings in the text.
Illustrator not attributed.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#107483   £2.50   
25. Lie-Down Stories
Lie-Down Stories
by Natalie Joan
with illustrations by Anne Anderson
Reprint, published by Blackie circa 1935
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Cream cloth spine.
77 pages.
Eight colour plates, including frontispiece.
Numerous black and white drawings.
This title was originally published in 1919, with a cover illustration by Anne Anderson.
This edition was republished in the 1930s with a different cover, to fit in with the other books which Blackie was publishing at that time.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine strip slightly soiled.
Plates VG.
Occasional marks on some pages.
Contents generally close to VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#104423   £25.00   
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