1.
Favourite Fairy Tales told in Poland
by
Virginia Haviland
with illustrations by
Felix Hoffmann
1st Thus edition,
published by Bodley Head in 1966
Purple cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Covers scuffed at edges and unevenly faded.
Corners bumped.
Front endpaper pasted down.
Pages edgeworn and slightly tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
2.
Favourite Animals
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1943
Pictorial paper-covered boards with cream cloth spine.
Sixteen full page plates of farmyard animals, mounted on boards.
Illustrations not attributed, but in the style of A. E. Kennedy.
Covers rather edgeworn.
Occasional fingermarks to edges of pages.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
3.
More Favourite Fairy Tales
by
Kathleen Lines
with illustrations by
Margery Gill
1st Thus edition,
published by Leopard in 1996
ISBN: 0752902121.
Octavo.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
4.
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: medium, Confidence: medium)
5.
6.
7.
8.
A Celebration of Beatrix Potter
Published by Frederick Warne in 2016
ISBN: 9780241249437.
Quarto.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
"Art and letters by more than 30 of today's favourite children's book illustrators".
Minor wear to lower edge of covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
9.
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: medium)
10.
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: medium)
11.
Favourite Animals
Published by Sandle Brothers circa 1950
Paperback.
10 pages.
Staple bound.
Covers worn and creased.
Some scribble on front cover.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
12.
Fairy Gold
by
Ruth Ainsworth
with illustrations by
Barbara Hope Steinberg
1st edition,
published by Heinemann in 1972
ISBN: 0434925853.
"Favorite fairy tales retold for the very young."
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Lalels removed from front endpaper.
Small stamp on reverse of title page.
Access number on title page.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
13.
Fairy Tales from Hans Andersen
by
Hans Christian Andersen
Published by Hudson House
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Blue lettering on spine.
Colour frontispiece (unattributed) no other illustrations.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped, 5cm loss to spine, repaired with tape.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
14.
Olive Fairy Book
by
Andrew Lang
with illustrations by
Anne Vaughan
1st Thus edition,
published by Longmans Green and Co in 1950
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Pictorial endpapers.
Light wear to covers.
Gilt slightly rubbed.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
15.
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)
16.
17.
The big pancake
by
Nicola Baxter
with illustrations by
Tony Kenyon
1st Thus edition,
published by Ladybird Books in 1994
ISBN: 0721416942.
Laminated pictorial boards.
50 pages.
Favourite Tales, modern version.
Clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
18.
Fairy Tales
by
Charles Perrault
1st Thus edition,
published by Penguin Books in 1957
Edited by E. V. Rieu.
Translated by Geoffrey Brereton.
Paperback.
Minor wear to covers.
Pages lightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
19.
Fairy Gold
by
Ruth Ainsworth
with illustrations by
Barbara Hope Steinberg
Reprint,
published by Heinemann in 1975
"Favorite fairy tales retold for the very young."
No stamps, access number only.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
20.
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)
21.
Andersen's Fairy Tales
by
Hans Christian Andersen
Published by William Clowes circa 1930
Cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn and faded.
Edges and corners a little bumped.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
22.
Jack and the Beanstalk
by
Iona Treahy
with illustrations by
Ruth Rivers
Reprint,
published by Ladybird Books in 1999
ISBN: 0721497403.
First Favourite Tales series.
Pictorial laminated boards.
16cm x 16cm.
Top corner of pages damaged and slightly torn.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
23.
Told Again
by
Walter de la Mare
with illustrations by
A. H. Watson
Reprint,
published by Basil Blackwell in 1935
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Yellow lettering on covers.
320 pages.
"Traditional tales told by Walter de la Mare".
Covers scuffed and heavily worn.
Damage at spine ends.
Two large scuffs on back cover.
Binding loose.
Contents shaken.
Some scribble on contents page.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
24.
A World of Fairy Tales, Volume 5
by
James Riordan
with illustrations by
Various
1st edition,
published by Hamlyn in 1982
ISBN: 060036688X.
Quarto.
Laminated pictorial boards.
46 pages.
5 tales from different countries.
Individually illustrated in colour.
Minor wear only.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
25.
Fairy Tales
by
Hans Christian Andersen
1st Thus edition,
published by Parragon in 1993
ISBN: 1858135915.
Paperback.
180 pages.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)