FS: Fairy Tales
P. O. Box 2321
[1335] Butler, Elinor Brotherton: THE DIAMOND SPIDER AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: Alice Harriman Company, 1910. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo, 201 pp.
(Dowling, C. M. illus.) Fine. An exceptionally bright copy with
delightful fairy and spider illustrations. $30.00
[491] Chandler, Anna Curtis: PAN THE PIPER & OTHER MARVELOUS TALES. New
York: Harper & Brothers, 1923. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo, 234 pp. (Black &
White illus.) Very Good in chipped dust jacket. $27.50
[920] Dereske, Jo: GLOM GLOOM. New York: Atheneum, 1985. 1st ed. Cloth,
12mo, 195 pp. Very Good in Good dust jacket: remainder marks, owner
inscript. Fantasy novel in which Raymond Fibbey discovers the danger
behind the old rhyme about the Garter Gates & Weeuns. $10.00
[1098] Ende, Michael: THE NEVERENDING STORY. Garden City: Doubleday &
Company, Inc., 1983. 1st English ed. Cloth, 12mo, 396 pp. (Quadflieg,
Roswitha illus.) Very Good in Very Good dust jacket: owner stamp, lt
rub to dj. Attractive copy of this much sought after novel, translated
and published in English for the first time. Text in red & green.
$85.00
[1319] Griggs, Bob: ELRAE, THE LITTLEST PRINTER. Salem: Beaverdam Press,
1987. 1st Limited ed. Cloth, Miniature, (Griggs, Bob illus.) Fine in
Fine slipcase. An elf and his adventures at the printing shop. Number
33 of 225 copies. Out of print. Printed on an 1842 bench model Albion
press directly from type on fine paper. Binding and slipcase grey
cloth. 3 1/3" x 3". Includes prospectus. $125.00
[1635] (Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm): BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Morro
Bay: Tabula Rasa Press, 1984. 1st Limited ed. 1/4 Leather, Miniature,
48 pp. (Morrison, Esther illus.) Fine. #138 of 300 copies. Marbled end
papers, gold stamped spine, full page (2.5" x 2") illustrations. An
attractive miniature. $85.00
[844] Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl: HOUSEHOLD STORIES BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM
ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER CRANE. New York: Mayflower Books, 1979. 1st
Facsimille ed. Cloth, 8vo, 269 pp. (Crane, Walter illus.) Very Good in
Good dust jacket: small tears to dj, ribbon lt fray. Distinctive
gold-blocked jacket. First published in 1812, translations by Lucy
Crane, illustrations by Walter Crane. $15.00
[1467] HANSEL AND GRETEL. Los Angeles: Price Stern Sloan, n. d.. Cloth,
Small 16mo, (McClain, Mary illus.) Near Fine. A carousel book with
perspective illustrations from the tale of Hansel and Gretel. Out of
print. $20.00
[678] Jacobs, Joseph (editor): THE BOOK OF WONDER VOYAGES. New York: G.
P. Putnam's Sons, Cloth, 12mo, 230 pp. (Batten, John D. illus.) Very
Good in dust jacket. Facsimille edition. Lovely illustrations. From the
'Folk and Fairy Tales of Many Lands' series. $10.00
[446] (Jirincova, Ludmilla): SWAN LAKE / THE STORY OF PRINCE SIEGFRIED
AND THE SWAN QUEEN. New York: Franklin Watts, 1968. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to,
63 pp. (Jirincova, Ludmilla illus.) Very Good in dust jacket. Lovely
paintings by the renound Czechoslovakain artist. $17.50
[1271] Kubasta, Vojtech: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK. England: Brown Watson,
1987. 2nd ed. Cloth, Oblong 8vo, (Kubasta, Vojtech illus.) Very Good:
light fade to spine else Near Fine. Near Fine pop-up and movable
edition by renound pop-up artist Vojtech. Out of print. $30.00
[130] Lang, Andrew: PRINCE RICARDO OF PANTOUFLIA. London: Talisman
Books Limited, 1979. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo, 95 pp. (Bil, Klaas illus.)
Very Good in dust jacket. Prince Ricardo is a worry to his parents ever
since he discovered his father's famous fairy gifts. $10.00
[905] Mulock, Dinah Maria: THE FAIRY BOOK. New York: Mayflower Books,
1979. 1st Facsimille ed. Cloth, 8vo, 231 pp. (Goble, Warwick illus.)
Very Good in Good dust jacket: small tears, sticker goo to dj. Includes
sixteen watercolor plates by the artist of 'Water Babies.' A facsimille
reprint of the 1923 edition. $15.00
[1066] Poortvliei, Rien: THE POP-UP BOOK OF GNOMES. New York: Harry N.
Abrams, 1979. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo, (Poortvliet, Rien illus.) Near Fine:
gift inscription, small ink line cover. Pop-up, movable, lift-the-flap
and audible (sawing) gnomes - a popular pop-up adaptation of a popular
book. $50.00
[680] Protter, Eric and Nancy (editors): FOLK AND FAIRY TALES OF
FAR-OFF LANDS. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965. 1st ed. Cloth,
8vo, 196 pp. (Rosenwasser, Dorothy E. illus.) Very Good in Good dust
jacket. Unusual tales of humor, adventure and enchantment from around
the world. $10.00
[1400] (Rachkam, Arthur) James Hamilton: ARTHUR RACKHAM. New York:
Arcade Publishing, 1990. 1st U. S. ed. Cloth, 4to, 199 pp. (Rackham,
Arthur illus.) Fine in Fine dust jacket - As New in every respect. The
definitive biography on Rackham. Extensively illustrated, valuable
bibliographical reference material, and lovely. $65.00
[1057] (Rackham, Arthur) Maggie Browne (aka Margaret Hamer): THE BOOK
OF BETTY BARBER. London: Oxford University Press, 1920. 2nd ed. Cloth,
12mo, 129 pp. (Rackham, Arthur illus.) Very Good: gift inscription,
light foxing, archival repair spine. A fanciful tale of music and
fairies from early in Rackham's career. Scarce. $150.00
[596] Russ, Joanna: KITTATINNY / A TALE OF MAGIC. New York: Daughters
Publishing Co., 1978. 1st ed. Wraps, 4to, 92 pp. (Li, Loretta illus.)
Very Good. A woman warrior, a sleeping beauty, a baby satyr and a
mermaid who years for life on the land. $12.50
[1082] (Sendak, Maurice), Wilhelm Grimm: DEAR MILI. New York: Farrar,
Strauss and Giroux, 1988. 1st ed. Cloth, Square 8vo, (Sendak, Maurice
illus.) Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. First publication of this
newly discovered tale from Grimm, illustrated and signed by Maurice
Sendak. $100.00
[535] Smirnova, Galina (editor): RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES. Krasnoyarsk:
Vital Publishers, 1992. Boards, 4to, 207 pp. (Yegorov, Yictor & Larisa
illus.) Near Fine. Complete text in Russian and English. $10.00
[444] Watson, Elizabeth C.: THE METROPOLITAN MOTHER GOOSE. New York:
Metropolitan Life Insurance, 1920s. Wraps, 16mo, (Clark, Emma illus.)
Near Fine. Color illustrations in period style throughout. An
attractive ephemera of nursery verse and pictures. $15.00
[450] (Zheleznova, Irina): FENIST THE FALCON. Moscow: Goznak, 1979.
Wraps, 4to, (Color illus.) Near Fine. Illustrated in the Art Nouveau
style. $12.50
[572] (Zheleznova, Irina): MARYA MOREVNA. Moscow: Goznak, 1979. Wraps,
4to, (Color illus.) Near Fine. Russian folk tale illustrated in the Art
Nouveau style. $12.50
[451] (Zheleznova, Irina): VASSILISA THE BEAUTIFUL. Moscow: Goznak,
1976. Wraps, 4to, (Color illus.) Near Fine. Illustrated in the Art
Nouveau style. $12.50
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