Search Results: Fairy and Folk Tales from DogStar Books

Norwalk Connecticut:: Easton Press. New. 2002. Leather. Color Plates and b&w drawings; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 2002 Easton Press. Essentially new, still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. Bound in full leather with decorative borders and panels in gilt and color to cover and spine. All edges gilt; silk moire endleaves, hubbed spines and silk bookmarks sewn in. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. Still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. .

Harare: Academic Books Zimbabwe. Very Good. 1989. Paperback. 094922913X . Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 88 pages; 1989 Academic Books Zimbabwe. Trade size paperback in glossy color pictorial covers. Soundly bound and generally neat. Prior owner name penned to front endpage. Mild shelf/handling wear to covers/ Illustrated from b&w drawings by Tali Geva-Bradley. VG .

New York: The MacMillan Co. Very Good-. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. B & W woodcuts; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 88 pages; 1933 Macmillan Co. HC 1st edition. Soundly bound in original pale blue cloth with pictorial title design in white to cover and spine. 1st edition, stated. Soundly bound and clean. Cloth a bit toned at spine, lightly crimped and rubbed with trace fray at spine ends. Corners lightly shelf bumped with superficial fray at bottom front corners. One of the earlier books pictured by highly regarded illustrator, Helen Sewell, who was also the original illustrator of the Wilder Little House books. This collection of related fairy tales is surprisingly scarce.  The original Norwegian edition was published by Aschelon, Oslo, under the title ?Magic Mountains'." Illustrated throughout from Sewell's wood or lino cuts in full page and in-text renderings. Quite scarce. G++ to VG- .

Tokyo: Eigaku-Shimpo-Sha. Very Good. 1903. Paperback in dust jacket. Iwaya's Fairy Tales of Old Japan; Color Woodblock cover art and woodcuts in text; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 74 pages; 1903 Eigaku-Shimpo-Sha, Tokyo. Octavo format paperback in color woodblock illustrated covers and side stapled binding and in original glassine/onion skin dust jacket. Printed in two parts. Part I in English translated by Hannah Riddell paged 1-46 with several woodcuts in text. Part II in Japanese language unpaged [28] and with a separate title page printed on pink paper stock. Light shelf bump bottom front corner with page stock showing a light stress crease across the corner throughout. Contents and covers bright and clean; no marks. Side stapled with light rust showing through the wraps. Onion skin dust jacket with expected light toning and superficial rubbing edges. Uncommon. VG thus .

New York: Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf. Very Good-. 1948. Hardcover. Color toned drawings; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1224 pages; Circa [1948] Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf. Three volume set, all translated by Jean Hersholt and illustrated with color toned drawings by Fritz Kredel. Soundly bound in seperate color cloth with matching pictorial and lettere designs in red. Contents bright and clean with no marks. Cloth spine a little toned/sunned. Lacking slipcase but otherwise about VG. ... Oversize book likely to require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

New York: Barnes & Noble. Fine. 2007. Leather. 0760776075 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 972 pages; 2007 Barnes & Noble. Stout HC tightly bound in full red leather with decorative borders and titles in gilt and color pictorial panel mounted to cover board. Hubbed spine, all edges gilt and silk bookmark sewn in. Feels and appears unread and as new. Fine ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

London: The Folio Society. New. 1998. Hardcover in slipcase. Color Plates amd b&w drawings; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 152 pages; 1998 The Folio Society. Slipcasd HC still sealed in publisher's shrink-wrap. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth with pictorial title design blocked in red and black. Illustrated with color plates and b&w drawings by Detmold. Still sealed, essentially new, and Fine in all respects .

Norwalk Connecticut:: Easton Press. New. 2002. Leather. Color Plates ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 2002 Easton Press. Essentially new, still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. Bound in full leather with decorative borders and panels in gilt and color to cover and spine. All edges gilt; silk moire endleaves, hubbed spines and silk bookmarks sewn in. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. Still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. .

Norwalk Connecticut:: Easton Press. New. 2002. Leather. Color Plates ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 2002 Easton Press. Essentially new, still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. Bound in full leather with decorative borders and panels in gilt and color to cover and spine. All edges gilt; silk moire endleaves, hubbed spines and silk bookmarks sewn in. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. Still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. .

London & New York: T. C. & E. C. Jack; E. P. Dutton. Good+. 1906. Presumed 1st edition. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 113 pages; [1906] T. C. & E. C. Jack; E. P. Dutton. Small format HC soundly bound in original pale olive green cloth with art nouveau decorative designs and titles in gilt to cover and spine. Color pictorial plate from art by Olive Allen mounted to the front board. Trace evidence of a bookplate removed from the front pastedown; light shelf tapping and rubbing to boards at corner tips. Of the 8 color plates executed for the work by Olive Allen, there is one plate misssing - the frontispiece. Expected mild toning to page stock. Generally VG or perhaps a little better, but graded down to reflect the single missing color plate. G++ .

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 0710038704 . Folktales Of The World; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 315 pages; 1968 Routledge & Kegan Paul. HC/DJ. 1st edition. Tightly bound and fresh in crisp edged pictorial dust jacket with publisher's 60s price intact to unclipped front flap. Trace dust top edge and superficial shelf rubbing to jacket edges. Hint of fading to jacket at spine. NF/VG+ .

New York: World Publishing House. Good+. 1876. early printing. Hardcover. Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 380 pages; 1876 World Publishing House. Stout HC in original green cloth with decorative borders in black and titles in gilt and black. Early printing. Cloth thinned and fraying at spine ends; slightly rubbed through at corner tips. Page stock lightly toned at edges. Binding cords visible between signatures with a few signatures starting slightly at the front edge. Light silverfish scaling to board surfaces and mild pitting to page block edges. Some full page drawings scattered through are signed Pesoa. G++ .

New York: David McKay Company. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 117 pages; HC/DJ. 1st edition. Snugly bound clean copy in original pictorial dust jacket. Prior owner name and address penned to front endpage. Jacket has moderate sun fading to spine and thin swath top and front edge of cover panel. Jacket rubbed and nicked at edges. Illustrated with b&w drawings. VG/G+ .

London & New York: J. M. Dent & Sons : E. P. Dutton. Good+. 1914. Fifth Printing. Flexible leather. Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 343 pages; 1914 J. M. Dent & Sons : E. P. Dutton. Everyman's Library. 5th printing of the Everyman edition. Soundly bound in original flexible red leather with decorative title designs in gilt. Shallow loss to leather at spine ends; short areas of scuffing and rub through to the leather at corners. Prior owner book plate to front pastedown. Mild expected toning to page stock. Illustrated from drawings by R. Anning Bell. Uncommon early printing in the leather bound version. G++ .

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc.. Fair. 1932. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8 color plates; many toned in-text drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; HC 1st American edition. Soundly bound in original heavy blue cloth with a full size cloth pictorial title panel mounted to the upper board and a small cloth title label to spine. The first edition is distinguished by the full complement of 8 vibrant color plates by Folkard, along with a number of toned full plate illustrations and in-text toned drawings throughout. Later printings lacked much of the decorative detail included in this 1st edition. This copy, however, is deficient lacking one leaf - p 207/208 - which has been torn away. Cloth label at spine lifted a little and stressed at top front corner; color cloth panel to cover board has a small 1/2 x 1/4 inch rectangular chip at the lower front corner and light shelf rubbing to surface. Pictorial maps endpages; front flyleaf has remnant of what likely was a… Read More

London: Trubner & Co.. Very Good+. 1860. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Chromolithographs and woodcuts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages; 1860 Trubner & Co. London. HC 1st edition in this form, collected and translated by Mackenzie with woodcuts and chromolithographs from art by Alfred Henry Forrester. Snugly bound in original pebbled red cloth with beveled edges, decorative borders and pictorial vignetter brightly in gilt. Spine extra gilt; all edges gilt. Illustrated with a tissue guarded frontis and 6 tissue guarded chromolithographs plates and with many woodcuts in text. Mild shelf tapping at corners; light crimping and rubbing to cloth at spine ends. Contents bright and neat. Westleys & Co binder's tag to rear pastedown. A well preserved and attractive copy. VG+ .

Tokyo: Eigaku-Shimpo-Sha. Very Good. 1903. Paperback in dust jacket. Iwaya's Fairy Tales of Old Japan; Color Woodblock cover art and woodcuts in text; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 66 pages; 1903 Eigaku-Shimpo-Sha, Tokyo. Octavo format paperback in color woodblock illustrated covers and side stapled binding and in original glassine/onion skin dust jacket. Printed in two parts. Part I in English translated by Fanny B. Greene; et. al. & paged 1-42 with several woodcuts in text. Part II in Japanese language unpaged [24] and with a separate title page printed on pink paper stock. Light shelf bump bottom front corner with page stock showing a light stress crease across the corner throughout. Contents and covers bright and clean; no marks. Onion skin dust jacket with expected light toning and superficial rubbing edges. Uncommon. VG thus .

London & Boston: Medici Society. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1925. early printing. Hardcover. Tipped in color plates and toned drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 108 pages; Circa [1933] Medici Society, London & Boston. HC/DJ. Early American edition published with sheets printed in England and title page a tipped in cancel with no date printed. Advertising copy on jacket includes Tarrant titles published as late as 1932. Snugly bound and clean in publisher's original blue cloth with pictorial design, titles and borders in orange. Gift inscription penned to blank verso of the pictorial front flyleaf and owner name penned top edge of title page. Illustrated with 16 color plates on glossy stock tipped onto pages along with a great many toned and silhoette drawings and pictorial endleaves. Jacket has shallow chips at spine ends with light shelf rubbing and a few nicks at edges. Vertical stress crease to front, rear and spine panels likely from having been removed and… Read More

Bratislava: Mlade Leta. Very Good. 1993. reprint. Hardcover. 8006005192 . Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 169 pages; Oversize HC in glossy color illustrated boards. Reprints the 1955 edition. Soundly bound and clean with just mild shelf evidence to externals. Illustrated throughout in color by Vodrazka. VG. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. Fair. 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Woodcuts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 364 pages; 1856 Robert Carter & Brothers. HC 1st edition. No author or translator given. Framed as stories told by a father to his children with Christain asides and explanations for the pagan ways. Illustrated with some woodcuts. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt. Cloth at sun toned and titles a little dulled. Old 19th century library ownership indications. Binding cords broken mid-book with a clean and complete split mid-book. With faults. Fair only .