Children's: Fairy Tales / Folk Tales / Legends

New York: Abbeville Kids / Abbeville Publishing Group, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Agnes Mathieu. A title in The Little Pebbles series, beautifully illustrated books that introduce young children to the world of fairy tales. Pictorial hardback. 29 pages. CONDITION: A clean, crisp, unmarked, tight copy. Cover has just a hint of light wear. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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DreamHouse / Ottenheimer , 1994. No Edition Mentioned. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bradley H. Clark. From the Hans Christian Andersen Pop-up Collection. Three colorful double-page pop-ups. Pictorial glossy hardback. CONDITION: Clean, crisp, unmarked, tight copy. Pop-ups are in great shape. Cover has some spine lean. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated, 2001. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Moffatt, Judith (illustrator). Delightful collection of animal folktales from around the world, including India, Puerto Rico, China, and Appalachia, with full-color, cut-paper artwork. The section, Bringing the Stories to Life with Stick Puppets, includes instructions for making them. Pictorial glossy hardback in matching dustjacket. 45 pages. CONDITION: Interior is like-new, clean, crisp, unmarked. Cover has a couple light bumps / dents to edges, not broken through. Binding is tight. Dustjacket has some edge wear and one tape-repair tear. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1985. No Edition Mentioned. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Vladimir Levinson. Cute picture book of Russian folk tales translated into English by Anatole Belenko. Illustrated by Vladimir Levinson. Pictorial hardback, no dustjacket. CONDITION: Pages are clean and bright with no writing, no creases and no tears. Cover has just a touch of light soiling and light edge wear. Binding is tight. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Bejing: Foreign Language Press, 1980. First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Gan Wuyan and Zhang Daping. An old Chinese tale adapted from "Folktales From Guilin". Wonderful colorful illustrations by Gan Wuyan and Zhang Daping on every page. Published by Foreign Language Press, Bejing, 1980. First edition stated. Softcovered measuring 7-1/4 x 6-1/4. CONDITION: Pages are clean and bright with no tears or writing except erased name on title page. Cover is basically clean but has light discoloration around the edges. Edges have light wear and bit of creasing. Binding is tight. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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The Zoe Company, 1996. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Laura Fiedler-Ates. Clean, crisp, unmarked, no crease or tears. Cover has light shelf wear. 30-page stapled softcover. A reprint of an old folktale to comemmorate the 100th anniversary of the publication of Louisiana Folk-Tales and salute Alcee Fortier for his efforts to preserve the Creole heritage. The language of the story has been faithfully reprinted as Alcee Fortier originally wrote it. Spelling, grammar and punctuation reflect the speech patterns of the Creole dialect as translated in English. This reprint is illustrated by Laura Fiedler-Ates. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Morristown, NJ: Silver, Burdett Co., 1967. No Edition Mentioned. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Donald Silverstein. Published by Silver Burdett Co., 1967. No other date or printing mentioned. Pictorial hardback in matching dustjacket. Reinforced library binding but NOT an ex-library copy. A clean, crisp, unmarked, tight copy. A little foxing to top book edge. Dustjacket is clean with some rubbing and scuffing. Edges have some wear and two small tears. This collection of 9 folktales from some of the Spanish-speaking countries shows that people are very much alike the world over. Nicely illustrated by Donald Silverstein. A title in the "Folk Literature Around the World" series, a curriculum-oriented series intended to provide reading enjoyment and to develop an appreciation of folk literature. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Morristown, NJ: Silver, Burdett Co., 1968. No Edition Mentioned. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Oscar Liebman. A collection of 13 scary ghost-folktales from around the world. Nicely illustrated by Oscar Liebman. A title in the "Folk Literature Around the World" series, a curriculum-oriented series intended to provide reading enjoyment and to develop an appreciation of folk literature. Published by Silver Burdett Co., 1968. No other date or printing mentioned. Pictorial hardback lacking dustjacket. Reinforced library binding but NOT an ex-library copy. CONDITION: A clean, crisp, unmarked, tight copy. Cover has a couple tiny spots, some scuffing and light edge wear 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Co., 1991. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Michele Lemieux. Retells the orchestral fairy tale in which a boy ignores his grandfather's warnings and captures a wolf with the help of a bird, a duck, and a cat. Wonderfully illustrated in full-color. Pictorial hardback, no dustjacket. Reinforced library binding but NOT an ex-library copy. Published by William Morrow, 1991. First printing. CONDITION: A clean, crisp, unmarked, tight copy with just a bit of wear to spine ends. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Alexandria, VA, U.S.A.: Time-Life, Incorporated, 1993. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Lamb Chop learns that even the smallest of us can do big things after hearing Aesop's fable "The Lion and the Mouse". Wonderful, bright, colorful illustrations. Pictorial glossy hardback. CONDITION: Interior like-new, clean, bright and crisp. No markings or notable defects. Cover is clean and bright with a bit of scuffing. Binding is tight. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1979. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. A rhymed retelling of the classic tale of the fisherman and his greedy wife, with the addition of Benjy the bunny and Bubbles the cat. Bold, colorful illustrations. Pictorial hardback. CONDITION: Name in proper place. Pages are clean, crisp, unmarked, no creases or tears. Cover is clean and bright with just a bit of light wear to edges. Front has a small area of paper peeling where sticker was removed. Binding is tight. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Derrydale Books. No Edition Mentioned. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Judith Cheng. A beautifully illustrated version of this popular children's classic. No date shown, probably early 1990s. Pictorial glossy hardback. CONDITION: Interior is clean and crisp, no markings or tears. Cover is clean with some wear to spine ends. Binding is tight. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Scroll Press, 1970. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Gisela Werner. Kaspar, son of the master baker, has some magical adventures as he searches for the recipe for a special magic bread to bake for the princess' wedding. Nicely illustrated by Gisela Werner. Published by Scroll Press, 1970. First US Edition. Pictorial hardback. CONDITION: A clean, crisp, unmarked, tight copy. Cover has light edge wear. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1924. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. A nice collection of 22 traditional folk and fairy tales from Scandanavia, Germany, Russia and Hungary illustrated with twelve black and white glossy plates. Published by Harper & Brothers, 1924 printing. Hardback - black cloth with title picture paste-on. 260 pages. CONDITION: Reading copy only. Pages and plates are all intact and basically clean and bright. There is age spotting and foxing to about 1/3 of the pages. For the most part this affects the margins areas only. Several plates have aging to margin areas as well. No writing, a few corner creases and a couple small edge tears. Some age spotting to book edges. Cover is basically clean with some wear. Picture paste-on has some aging, rubbing, chipping and starting to lift a little on bottom. Spine lettering is faded. Edges have some wear with wear-through to corners. There is a 1" area of damage to the cloth near bottom of spine, probably caused by animal chewing. Front hinge is lightly cracked inside but pages are secure. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Dallas, TX, U.S.A.: Garrard Publishing Company, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Gordon Laite. This Indian legend recounts how the Great Spirit created the earth and made Glooscap, a giant Indian, to help the Wabenaki Indians. Pictorial hardback, 63 pages. CONDITION: Ex-school copy with writing and stamping to front endpapers. There is a very light damp stain to rear of cover and the last few pages have a little rippling but no staining. Pages are clean, crisp, unmarked, no tears. Cover is basically clean with some scuffing and light edge wear. Binding is tight. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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