The Prince and The Stable Boy
NY: Inkwell Press, 1975. 1st edition; small 4to, tan pictorial cloth, illustrated by the author. one of 200 copies, very good/o. More about The Prince and The Stable Boy
Fables, Myths, Folk and Fairy Tales
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The Magic Mill
NY; Bedrick/Blackie (1989). Stated First American Edition; Small 4to., glossy pictorial boards; illustrated by Joanna Troughton; very good in very good dust jacket. More about The Magic Mill
Legends of the Netherlands to Which are Added Some Legends of Manhattan Island
NY: The Concord Cooperative Printing Company, 1892. Small 8vo; decorative cloth covered boards with gilt lettering, decoration and page edges; hardcover; 185 pages; includes: legends from B.C.300 through A.D.1709--The Tectosages, The Countess Jane, How Arnold Beiling Died, The Sixteenth Century Deluge,The Battle of Tiel, How Louis XVI Invaded Holland, The..... More about Legends of the Netherlands to Which are Added Some Legends of Manhattan Island
The Sea of Gold and Other Tales from Japan
New York: Charles Scribners Sons (1965). First edition; 8vo., pictorial boards; illustrated by Marianne Yamaguchi; very good in chipped dust jacket with sticker remains. More about The Sea of Gold and Other Tales from Japan
To Be A Unicorn
NY: William Morrow (1986). Stated First edition with a 1 present in the number line; 4to.; cloth backed boards, hardcover; color illustrations; a very good clean, tight copy in a lightly edgeworn and rubbed dust jacket. More about To Be A Unicorn
The Little Blind Goat
Owings Mills: Stemmer House 1981. Stated First edition; small 4to.; pictorial cloth covered boards; very good in very good dust jacket. More about The Little Blind Goat
Persephone and the Pomegranate
NY: Dial Books (1993). Stated First edition with a 1 present in the number line; small 4to.; glossy pictorial boards, hardcover; color illustrations; “Demeter refuses to allow spring to appear until she has been reunited with her daughter Persephone, who has been abducted to the Underworld by Pluto”; top spine... More about Persephone and the Pomegranate
Sandy Was a Soldier's Boy A Fable.
Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1957. Stated 1st printing. 8vo., 180pp., boards, b/w illustrations by Dobson Broadhead, very good in edge chipped dust jacket. More about Sandy Was a Soldier's Boy A Fable
Giants! - Stories from Around the World
NY:Harcourt Brace & Co.(1995). Stated First edition; 4to.; 73 pages; boards; illustrated by James Bernardin; very good in very good dust jacket. More about Giants! - Stories from Around the World
Unwitting Wisdom An Anthology Of Aesop’s Fables
San Francisco: Chronicle Books (2004). First edition with a 1 present in the number line; 4to.; pictorial covered board, hardcover; color illustrations; a very good clean tight copy in a price clipped else very good dust jacket. More about Unwitting Wisdom An Anthology Of Aesop’s Fables
Little Red Riding Hood
NY: Golden Book (1992). 8vo.; pictorial boards, hardcover; color illustrations; Little Golden Book #300-65; a very good clean tight copy in very good boards that have a 1 inch tear at bottom of spine on back cover. More about Little Red Riding Hood
Rumpelstiltskin
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1963. 4to.; glossy pictorial boards, hardcover; color illustrations; A Rand McNally Giant Book #8864; boards are rubbed and chipped at spine ends else a clean tight copy. More about Rumpelstiltskin
Cinderella
NY: Hyperion (1998). First Edition; 4to; cloth backed boards with gilt lettering; hardcover; color illustrations of Weimaraners; Fay’s Fairy Tales; Inscribed: “Heal Drew with a sketch of a dog William Wegman”; a very good clean tight copy with no apparent flaws in a very good pictorial dust jacket..... More about Cinderella
Little Red Riding Hood
NY: Hyperion Books for Children (1993). Stated 1st edition with 1 in the number line; small 4to., cloth backed boards; color photographic illustrations of Wegman’s Weimaraners; very good in very good dust jacket. More about Little Red Riding Hood
The Fisherman and His Wife A Brand-New Version
NY: Dial Books for Young Readers (1998). Stated 1st edition; small 4to., glossy pictorial boards; illustrated by Eleanor Hubbard; very good in very good dust jacket. More about The Fisherman and His Wife A Brand-New Version
The Golden Books Treasury of Elves and Fairies with Assorted Pixies, Mermaids, Brownies, Witches, and Leprechauns
NY: Golden Books Publishing Co, Inc., (1999). 4to.; glossy pictorial boards, hardcover; 68 pages; color illustrations; reprint of 1951 edition with the beautiful illustrations by Garth Williams; a very good clean tight copy in an unclipped dustjacket that has a 1/2” closed tear on bottom spine end else very good. More about The Golden Books Treasury of Elves and Fairies with Assorted Pixies, Mermaids, Brownies, Witches,...
The Giant Sorcerer Or The Extraordinary Adventures Of Raphael And Cassandra
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. (1927). 1st edition; 8vo.; pictorial cloth covered boards, 131 pages; hardcover; b/w illustrations by Frank Boyd with a color frontispiece; Cassandra is stolen by Mechanus, the mechanical sorcerer, and needs to be saved by her brother Raphael, who has power over nature and all living things;... More about The Giant Sorcerer Or The Extraordinary Adventures Of Raphael And Cassandra
The Story of Prince Ivan, the Firebird, and the Gray Wolf
NY: Scribner's, (1968). Translated from the Russian by Thomas P. Whitney; illustrated and signed by Nonny Hogrogian; very good in very good dust jacket. More about The Story of Prince Ivan, the Firebird, and the Gray Wolf
The Young King and Other Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde
NY & London: Macmillan, 1962. Introduced by John Updike; large 4to. glossy pictorial boards, hardcover; 41 pages; color illustrations; a very good, clean, tight copy with no apparent flaws. More about The Young King and Other Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde
The Star Child
NY: Four Winds Press (1979). Stated First American Edition; 4to., cloth covered boards, hardcover; story of a tiny baby who falls from a star; light edgewear else a very good clean tight copy in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket. More about The Star Child
The Miller, the Boy and the Donkey
NY: Franklin Watts, 1969. 2nd impression, 4to., pictorial boards, very good in lightly soiled dust jacket with one small tear. More about The Miller, the Boy and the Donkey
The Ballad of Biddy Early
NY: Alfred A. Knopf (1989). First edition with a 1 in the number line; 4to., cloth backed boards; illustrated by Barry Moser; the Irish legend of the Wise Woman of Clare is related in lyrical poems by Newbery Medalist Willard; very good in very good dust jacket. More about The Ballad of Biddy Early
East of the Sun & West of the Moon, A Play
San Diego, NY & London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1989). Stated 1st edition; cloth backed boards, hardcover; a very good clean tight copy with no apparent flaws in a very good dustjacket of similar quality. More about East of the Sun & West of the Moon, A Play
Fireside Tales of the Traveller Children Twelve Scottish Stories
NY: Harmony Books (1983). First Edition; 8vo; cloth backed boards with gilt lettering on spine and deckle edged pages; hardcover; 170 pages; black and white illustrations; a very good clean tight copy in a very good dust jacket. More about Fireside Tales of the Traveller Children Twelve Scottish Stories
The Turtle and the Island A Folktale from Papua New Guinea
New York: J.P. Lippincott (1990). Stated First American edition with a 1 present in the number line; 4to. boards; Illustrated by Frane Lessac; about a lonely man and a great sea turtle and their special island; very good in very good dust jacket. More about The Turtle and the Island A Folktale from Papua New Guinea