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Folk Tales, Myths, Legends |
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Child Lore a Selection of Folk Legends and Rhymes
New York Frederick A. Stokes and Brother Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket Issued Jacket
Small book (2 1/4' x 3 1/2"), 128 pages, containing 32 tales from many world cultures. There is a red border around each page. Floral endpapers. 3/4 of the half-title page is separated from the binding. this page contains a gift inscription dated December 25, '90. there are no other markings. Ivory boards with gold lettering on the front, red cloth spine and decorative red cord tied through two holes in the front cover. A little discolotation on front endpaper opposite cord. All edges gilt. No date, circa late 1800's.
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80.00 USD
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First Little Golden Book of Fairy Tales
New York Simon & Schuster 1946 Hardcover Good + Elliott, Gertrude
42 pages, illustrated in color and b&w, four stories: "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Puss in Boots", "Cinderella" and "Sleeping Beauty". Second cover (illustration from "Puss in Boots") blue spine. Little Golden Book #9. Neat name and gift inscription in the ownership box. The title page has a 1 1/2" square of paper missing on the top corner. The first page of text is missing a piece from the top corner, approximately 3 1/2" x 2". The binding is firm, the pages are clean, light wear at corners and spine ends.
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15.00 USD
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Aesop The Fables of Aesop Selected and Illustrated by David Levine
Boston Gambit 1975 0876450745 / 9780876450741 First printing Hardcover Fine very good + Jacket Levine, David
State First Printing, Fables translated by Patrick and Justina Gregory, 102 pages, 100 fabels accompanied by 50 illustrations. Bound in navy blue cloth with an orange title block on the front and the spine, gold lettering. the spine of the jacket is sun-faded.
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20.00 USD
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Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales
New York Heritage Press 1942 Hardcover Very Good + slipcase/very Good Jacket Kredel, Fritz
Translated from the Danish by Jean Hersholt. Introduction plus 25 tales. Yellow boards with red line drawings, red spine with gold lettering. Yellow slipcase. 297 pages.
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15.00 USD
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Andersen, Hans Christian Fairy Tales
New York Oxford University Press 1945 First printing Hardcover Very Good - Tudor, Tasha
273 pages, 10 full-color plates plus a b&w illustration at the beginning of each of the 31 stories. Lovely gift inscription dated Christmas 1945 on the ffep, otherwise unmarked. The blue cloth covered boards have a silver snowflake on the front. The spine is sunfaded with a silver snowflake and silver lettering which is still readable. The sun fading extends 1 1/2" onto the back. Top edge with decorative blue stain.
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75.00 USD
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Andersen, Hans Christian The Wild Swans
Simply Read Books 2011 1897476361 / 9781897476369 First printing Illusterated paper, boxed. New Box-new Jacket Maguir3e, Thomas Aquinas
A princess rescues her 11 brothers from a transformative spell cast by their wicked stepmother. This story of enchantment is conveyed here in a remarkable and unusual way -- as a wordless unfolding accordion book with a series of beautiful illustrations that tell the tale. A separate booklet included contains text to accompany the story. This is packeaged in an illustrated box with a magnetic closure..
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25.00 USD
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Brentano, Clemens Tale of Gockel, Hinckel & Gackeliah
New York Random House 1961 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine VG+ Jacket Sendak, Maurice
Black boards with blue cloth spine and decoration on the front. Illustrated endpapers. B&W illustrations throughout. This copy is an oddity in that 12 pages near the back of the book have been printed over with other pages. Example: page 122 is overprinted with page 50; page 123 is overprinted with page 51. these 12 pages have been put through the press two times. Other than that, the book is as new. Jacket with four-color illustration, not price-clipped (3.95), ad on back flap for "Dwarf Long-Nose". First Edition. Translated from the German by Doris Orgel.
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200.00 USD
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Brothers Grimm Grimms' Fairy Tales Illustrated Junior Library
New York Grosset & Dunlap Hardcover Very Good Kredel, Fritz
362 pages, small gift inscription on ffep (dated 1949) is the only marking, full-color frontis with color plates inside along with b&w illustrations. Binding is firm, edgewear is light., Illustrated boards, red stain on all edges, red title block on the spine.
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15.00 USD
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Bulfinch, Thomas; Hale, Rev. E. E. Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages
Boston Lee and Shepard Publishers 1903 Hardcover Very Good
373 pages with an introduction by Arthur Richmond Marsh. Former owner's personal bookplate inside front cover, gift inscription in pencil on ffep. stamp on first page of introduction reads 'Rainbow Hospital, South Euclid, Ohio'. Binding is firm, pages are bright, b&w frontis plus 5 full-page plates in b&w. Line drawings at the start of each chapter. Bound in dark green cloth with gold lettering on the front and spine. Light wear at spine ends and corners.
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20.00 USD
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Cameron, Anne How Raven Freed the Moon
Madeira Park, British Columbia, Canada Harbour Pub Co 1985 0920080677 / 9780920080672 Soft Cover Near Fine No Jacket Issued Jacket Miller, Tara
Retelling of Native American Legend, illustrated throughout in b&w.
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7.95 USD
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Coe, Franny E. The First Book of Stories for the Storyteller
Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 1918 Hardcover Good -
A fragile copy with clear bright pages. Former owners name with a date of 1921 on the ffep. 222 pages, page 95 is loose and page 203 is half-loose. Both hinges are broken. Illustrated with 3 color plates. The frontis illustration is delightful and not attributed. One plate is completely loose and the other is half loose with a 1 1/2" tear at the side. Bound in tan cloth with illustration on the front in orange, brown and red. There is a 3" split at the spine fold, wear at both spine ends.
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20.00 USD
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Coe, Franny E. The Third Book of Stories for the Storyteller
Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 1921 Hardcover Very Good -
176 pages with a key to pronunciation and a list of proper names in the back. Illustrated with 3 color plates, including the frontis which is protected with a tissue guard. Former owner's name in bold pencil on the ffep. Bound in tan cloth with illustartion on the cover in green , red and brown. Moderate wear at corners and spine ends, spine lightly sunned..
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20.00 USD
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Cohn, Amy; Compiled by From Sea to Shining Sea A Treasury of American Folklore and Folk Songs
New York Scholastic 1993 0590475789 / 9780590475785 First printing Hardcover Very Good++ very good++ Jacket
399 pages, full color throughout, indexed by title, author, country & ethnic origin and story type. A unique celebration of America, splendidly illustrated by 15 Caldecott Award-winning artists. Here are more than 140 folk tales, songs, poems and essays by voices as diverse as Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Abbott and Costello, and Bob Dylan. This copy has a former owner's name in small letters on the half-title page, otherwise unmarked, clean and crisp. This is the reinforced library binding, exactly the same in appearance as ISBN 9780590428682, except the binding is sturdier.
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30.00 USD
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Cotterell, Arthur; Storm, Rachel The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology
New York Hermes House 2002 1843094371 / 9781843094371 First printing Softcover Very Good++
512 pages, indexed, heavily illustrated in full color throughout. The myths and legends of the ancient worlds, from Greece, Rome and Egypt to the Norse and Celtic lands, through Persia and India to China and the Far East. Over 1000 entries with over 1000 illustrations.
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20.00 USD
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Cowan, James Fairy Tales from the South Seas; Whitcombes Story Books
New Zealand Whitcombe & Tombs Limitedl Staple Good No Jacket
66 pages, approx, 5" x 7 1/4", staple bound, illustrated with b&w photographs and line drawings. Last few pages are pronunciation guide and questions to test silent reading. Orange cover wraps have worn through at the spine and are loose (in 2 pieces, front and back. No. 426 in this children's series, price of 9d. printed on the cover, other titles listed inside.
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35.00 USD
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Crane, Jackie Crane's Fairy Tales
New York Greenwich Book Publishers 1958 First Edition Cloth Very Good + Very Good Jacket Pomerantz, Norman Signed
Stated first edition. Inscription by the author to James Culbertson on the half-title page. Author's address sticker also on this page. Otherwise, book is unmarked, clean and tightly bound.in red cloth with black lettering on the spine. Jacket has light wear at extremities, original price (2.50) printed on jacket, now protected in mylar.
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70.00 USD
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D'Aulnoy, Mme. La Comtesse; Field, Rachel The White Cat and Other Old French Fairy Tales
New York Macmillan company 1967 Ex-Library Edition Hardcover Very Good very good Jacket MacKinstry, E.
150 pages, former library copy with typical markings, otherwise unmarked. This edition is a facsimile edition of the original 1928 printing. Stated first printing of this edition. B&W drawings throughout with 7 four-color plates. Title page has four-color decoration. Bound in teal cloth with silver lettering, light wear at top and bottom edges. Jacket is not price-clipped ($4.95) and is now in a fresh mylar protector. Jacket has wear at top of spine.
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30.00 USD
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