ANDERSEN,HANS CHRISTIAN. FAIRY TALES. NY: Limited Editions Club 1942. 2 volumes, tall 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, 180, 399p., as new in original glassene wrappers in publisher's slipcase showing sl. wear at seams but clean and VG+. Volume 1 contains previously unpublished letters from Andersen to his American editor Horace... More
FAIRY TALES. THE ENCHANTED BOOK stories selected by Alice Dalgliesh. NY: Scribner (1947 a). 4to, cloth, 246p., fine in frayed dw. 1st ed. Fairy tales from Andersen, Grimm, Lang, Jacobs, D'Aulnoy and others. Beautifully illustrated by Concetta Cacciola in rich color. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY DALGLIESH TO AN EDITOR... More
FAIRY TALES. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD by William Wegman. NY: Hyperion (1993). 4to, cloth backed boards, fine in dw. Stated 1st edition, First Printing.with 1-10 number code. Wegman has posed his Weimaraner dogs Fay Ray, Battina and Chundos as characters in Red Riding Hood and then photgraphed them in color!... More
FAIRY TALES. THE SCARLET HERRING by Judge Parry. London: Smith Elder 1899. Tall 8vo (6 1/2 x 9 1/2"), white boards, 253p., covers toned and has some soil else VG condition. LIMITED TO ONLY 50 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON JAPAN VELLUM SIGNED BY PARRY! The text consists of the title... More
FINGER,CHARLES. TALES FROM SILVER LANDS. NY: Doubleday Page 1924 (1924). 4to (7 1/2 x 9 1/4"), cloth, Fine condition (no dust wrapper). Stated 1st edition. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. The text includes 19 fairy tales and legends from Central and South America. It is beautifully illustrated by PAUL HONORE with 10... More
(GOBLE,WARWICK)illus. GREEN WILLOW AND OTHER JAPANESE FAIRY TALES by James Grace. London: Macmillan & Co. 1910. Large, thick 4to (9 1/2 x 11 1/2"), publishers full vellum binding, silk ties, top edge gilt, 281p., some soil and rubbing to vellum, internally clean and fine and overall VG+. DE LUXE LARGE... More
(HAGUE,MICHAEL)illus. RAINBOW FAIRY BOOK classic fairy tales edited by Andrew Lang. NY: William Morrow (1993). 4to (8 x 10 1/4"), cloth backed boards, as new condition in as new dust wrapper. 1st edition, 1st printing (1-10 code). 30 fairy tales from Grimm, Perrault and around the world, beautifully illus. by... More
LANG,ANDREW. PRINCE RICARDO OF PANTOUFLIA: BEING THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF PRINCE PRIGIO'S SON. Bristol: Arrowsmith, no date, [1893]. 4to, 3/4 vellum and brown cloth, 204p., vellum slightly age toned else fine. 1st edition. LARGE PAPER PRESENTATION COPY (so stamped). This original fairy tale by Lang is a sequel to Prince... More
(LOW,JOSEPH)illus. JACK AND THE BEANSTALK by Walter de la Mare. NY: Knopf (1959). Narrow tall 4to (5 3/4 x 12 1/4"), reinforced cloth, near fine in dusty and chipped dust wrapper. 1st edition. Featuring striking color illustrations by Low with broad and graphically arresting strokes. LAID IN IS A HANDWRITTEN... More
(MARSHALL,JAMES)illus. GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS. NY:Dial (1988, 2nd printing with "1" dropped). 4to, glazed pict. bds., Fine in dw. The classic tale is retold for young children by Marshall and is SIGNED BY MARSHALL WITH A SMALL SKETCH! Wonderful color illustrations by Marshall in his distinctive style. Caldecott Honor..... More
(NIELSEN, KAY)illus. FAIRY TALES BY HANS ANDERSEN. London: Hodder & Stoughton no date [1924]. Large 4to (10 3/4 x 12 1/2"), FULL VELLUM BINDING WITH GILT PICTORIAL DESIGN, top edge gilt, slightest bit of soil else FINE CONDITION! LIMITED TO ONLY 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY NIELSEN! Illustrated by Kay... More
(NIELSEN,KAY)illus. IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE retold by Sir Arthur Quiller Couch. (London) Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1913]. Folio (10 1/2 x 12 1/2"), full green vellum with extensive gilt decoration, top edge gilt, 164p., a few marks on the vellum as is common in this edition, new ties, endpaper... More
(NIELSEN,KAY)illus. THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES and other fairy tales retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. NY: George H.Doran, no date, circa 1915. 8vo (6 1/2 x 9 1/4"), blue gilt pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw VG-Fine with minor wear). THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY NIELSEN TO SARAH BRIGGS LATIMORE... More
(RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. FAIRY TALES BY HANS ANDERSEN. London: Harrap (1932). 4to (8 x 10 1/2"), full vellum stamped in gold, top edge gilt, a few slight natural imperfections to vellum else VERY FINE IN CUSTOM SLIP CASE! LIMITED TO ONLY 500 COPIES FOR SALE, SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Illustrated with 12 beautiful... More
SARG,TONY. ORIGINAL ART: GOLDILOCKS. Offered here is a wonderful pen and ink drawing done by Sarg for a magazine. It is dated 1941 on the back and signed by Sarg lower right. Done on art paper, the image is rather large (11" wide x 7") done with detail and humor... More
WATSON,RICHARD JESSE. TOM THUMB. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1989, 3rd printing). 10 x 11 1/4", pictorial boards, As New in As New dust wrapper. The classic fairy tale about how Tom Thumb helps conquer the assault on King Arthur's court. Stunning and amazingly detailed color illustrations fill the book... More
WILDE,OSCAR. HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES. London: James Osgood McIlvanie, 1891. 4to (7 x 8 1/2"), green cloth spine and decorative cloth boards, 158p., slight cover soil neat hinge repair else VG++ in attractive custom box. First edition of this famous book of fairy tales by Wilde, printed in an edition of... More
(ZWERGER,LISEBTH)illus. SWINEHERD by Hans Christian Andersen. NY: William Morrow 1982 (1982 1-10). Oblong 4to (9 5/8 x 8 1/2"), cloth, As new in as new dust wrapper. First edition, first printing. Beautiful color illustrations in Zwerger's distinctive style are a perfect match to the story. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY ZWERGER. Great copy. More
