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Search results for: Keywords: "Eastern"
Found: 18
1. 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   
2. Palko the Piper
Palko the Piper
by Elek Benedik
with illustrations by Rozi Bekes
Published by Corvina Press in 1990
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#53682   £10.50   
3. The Life of Keshav, a Family Story from India
The Life of Keshav, a Family Story from India
by Rama Mehta
Published by Angus and Robertson in 1971
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#26917   £5.00   
4. 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: low, Confidence: medium)
#119834   £15.00   
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: low, Confidence: low)
#90035   £2.50   
6. 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: low, Confidence: low)
#119827   £25.00   
7. 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: low, Confidence: low)
#116417   £12.50   
8. 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: low, Confidence: low)
#70392   £3.50   
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: low, Confidence: low)
#104861   £3.00   
10. 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: low, Confidence: low)
#116055   £5.00   
11. 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: low, Confidence: low)
#119006   £75.00   
12. Favourite Fairy Tales told in Poland
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: low, Confidence: low)
#116873   £5.00   
13. The Magic Bird and other fabulous tales from Europe
The Magic Bird and other fabulous tales from Europe
by Barbara Ker Wilson
with illustrations by Susanne Dolesch
1st Thus edition, published by Angus and Robertson in 1973
ISBN: 0207125651.
Quarto.
White pictorial laminated boards.
48 pages.
Contains eight stories, each from a different European country.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Otherwise clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#101348   £10.00   
14. 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   
15. 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   
16. 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   
17. Tales of Long Ago
Tales of Long Ago
1st edition, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1947
Blue boards with white lettering.
Illustrated with black and white line drawings.
No 7 in the Thrilling Tales series.
Dustwrapper worn and price-clipped.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#77662   £4.50   
18. The Fisherman and his Wife
The Fisherman and his Wife
with illustrations by Mark Southgate
1st Thus edition, published by Andersen Press in 1987
ISBN: 0862641608.
Quarto.
Light blue pictorial laminated boards.
White spine.
Black lettering on covers.
Unpaginated.
An early European folk tale, collected by the Brothers Grimm.
Covers worn and soiled.
Contents loose.
Some fingermarking.
Pages otherwise reasonably clean.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#98921   £3.00   
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