The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales - The Witches' Piper, The Untrue Wife's Song, The Woman Who Married Her Son, The Beans in the Quart Jar, The Height of Purple Passion, Spreading the Fingers, The Frog Maiden, Vasilissa the Fair, Pretty Maid Ibronka, +

London: Virago Press, 1992. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Red cloth with gilt on spine, illustrated end papers, (xvii) 233 pages with illustrations by Corinna Sargood, no names, Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. "This treasure trove, perfectly complemented by the bewitching drawings of Corinna Sargood, brims with pretty maids and old crones, crafty women and bad girls, enchantresses and midwives, rascal aunts and odd sisters." Contents include: Intro by Marina Warner / Strong Minds and Low Cunning / The Twelve Wild Ducks / Old Foster / Sahin / The Dog's Snout People / The Old Woman Against the Stream / The Letter Trick / Rolando and Brunilde / The Greensih Bird / The Crafty Woman / Up To Something - Black Arts and Dirty Tricks / Pretty Maid Ibronka / Enchanter and Enchantress / The Telltale Lilac Bush / Tatterhood / The Witchball / The Werefox / The Witches' Piper / Vasilissa the Fair / The Midwife and the Frog / Beautiful People / Fair, Brown and Trembling / Diirawic and Her Incestuous Brother / The Mirror / The Frog Maiden / The Sleeping Prince / The Orphan / Mothers and Daughters / Achol and Her Wild Mother / Tunjur, Tunjur / The Little Old Woman with Five Cows / Achol and Her Adoptive Lioness-Mother / Married Women / Story of a Bird Woman / Father and Mother Both 'Fast' / Reason to Beat Your Wife / The Three Lovers / The Seven Leavenings / The Untrue Wife's Song / The Woman Who Married Her Son / Duang and His Wild Wife / A Stroke of Luck / The Beans in the Quart Jar / Useful Stories / A Fable of a Bird and Her Chicks / The Three Aunts / Tale of an Old Woman / The Height of Purple Passion / Salt, Sauce and Spice, Onion Leaves, Pepper and Drippings / Two Sisters and the Boa / Spreading the Fingers / Publihser's note / Notes by Angela Carter and Shahrukh Husain / About the Editor and Illustrator. Check out the scans.. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Illustrations by Corinna Sargood. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".