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Andersen, Hans Christian; illustrated by Michael Hague.
Michael Hague's Favourite Hans Christian Andersen Fair Tales.
Publisher: New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1981.
First Edition thus ISBN: 0030595282 Blue cloth stamped in silver. 162 pages. SIGNED BY MICHAEL HAGUE AND INSCRIBED ALONG WITH A DRAWING OF AN ELF ON THE TITLE PAGE. Hague's colorful and classic illustrations to these stories are wonderful. Includes "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "Thumbelina", 'The Little Mermaid" and five others. Very minor bumps to the lower tips, but otherwise clean, bright and sound. The jacket is rubbed and lightly edge worn, and there is a tear at foot of spine across the width of the spine. Hardcover Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good Dustjacket
Item number: 9670
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Beskow, Elsa; Translated by Sheila La Farge.
Peter's Adventures in Blueberry Land.
Publisher: [New York]: Delacorte Press, 1975.
First U.S. Edition Oblong quarto, about 10 x 12.5 inches (25 x 32 cm.) Quarter bound blue cloth with jacket illustration repeated on cover. The story of Peter, who is shrunk by the Blueberry King but manages to return. Very minor bumping on top corners. The bottom front flap corner of the jacket is clipped but price present at top as well some light soiling and wear around the edges and a couple of edge tears. Otherwise a bright, clean copy Hardcover Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good Dustjacket
Item number: 18117
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Harris, Ada Van Stone; illustrated by Peter Newell.
Favorites from Fairyland . . .
Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1911.
Later Printing, 1924 Hardback, small octavo, in blue-green cloth decorated in yellow and blue. [130] pages with four full page illustrations on coated paper by Peter Newell. Essentially a reader for third graders, it is subtitled: "An approved selection arranged for hom and supplementary reading in the third grade with an introduction by . ". Six well known classic stories recommended by various famous personages including Howard Pyle, Jane Addams, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Nicholas Murray Butler, Julia Ward Howe, and Henry Van Dyke. Newell's illustrations picture scenes from "The Ugly Duckling", "Sleeping Beauty", "Beauty and the Beast", and "Cinderella". The text is notably but evenly toned, there is a gift note on the half title, and the covers are lightly edge worn. Copyright page carries the Harper code D-Y. Hardcover Hardcover Very good
Item number: 8483
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Mulock, Miss; illustrated by Hope Dunlap.
The Little Lame Prince and His Travelling Cloak.
Publisher: Chicago: Rand McNally, 1909.
Early printing thus Green cloth decorated in red and green with cover pastedown illustration. Color illustration, a few of which are full page. Certainly one of the most attractive editions of this classic about a crippled prince blessed with a travelling cloak (think magic carpet). No indication of printing since the publisher's conventional method of providing that information was not yet in use. The very decorative book is lightly worn at extremities, has a tiny abrasion on the spine, has a gift note in pencil on the front endpaper, but otherwise clean, bright and sound Hardback octavo Hardback octavo Very Good+
Item number: 9755
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Paul, Ann Whitford (illustrated by Catherine Stock).
Owl at Night.
Publisher: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985.
First edition ISBN: 0399210016 Oblong octavo in pictorial paper covered boards. Barely a touch of extremity wear to this book. The jacket is price clipped, and there is evidence of failure of the mylar film on the rear panel, but it is otherwise bright, untorn, unchipped. Hardcover Hardcover Near Fine in VG DJ
Item number: 6146
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Rackham, Arthur.
A Fairy Book.
Publisher: New York: Doubleday, Page, 1923.
First Edition thus Small octavo, about 8 inches tall, in blue cloth lettered in gilt. Frontis and ten other illustrations, printed, not tipped in. This is the first U.S. trade edition of the book. The covers are lightly edgeworn; extremities a little bumped; covers generally rubbed with some dulling of the gilt titles, but they are still readable. Inside is clean and soundly bound but the paper is mildly toned and there is a previous owner note, detailing receipt at Christmas, 1924, in tiny letters, at the gutter of the title page. Nice collection of tales from around the world. Hardcover Hardcover Very Good
Item number: 13840
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Retold by Rose Celli [Illustrated by Nathalie Parain].
Baba Yaga: A Popular Russian Tale.
Publisher: Poughkeepsie NY: Artists and Writers Guild, 1935.
First U.S. Edition Folio, 12 3/4 x 11 inches [32.5 x 28 cm] First published 1932 Paris by Ernest Flammarion. A Pere Castor (Father Beaver) Book, founder of "The French Bureau of Education" and President of "Education Nouvelle". Edited by Edith Kovar who introduces the author, illustrator and Father Beaver, Paul Faucher, in a Letter to the Children. Heavy card stock covers the 16 pp [unpaginated] of sturdy paper with text and bright pictures of characters and scenery executed in a simple, angular, folk-art style. Front cover is missing a crescent shaped piece of stock at the top, 4 inches wide and 3/8 inch deep at the center along with a small triangular piece at the corner. The top two inches of the three staple binding is split; however booklet is sound. Both top and bottom fore-edge corners curl up. Softcover Softcover Good+
Item number: 17652
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