SHINING HOURS by VREDENBERG, EDRIC

MP3 Audio CD. My Book Of Favourite Fairy Tales THE GOOSE GIRL An old queen, whose husband had been dead some years, had a beautiful daughter. When she grew up, she was betrothed to a prince who lived a great way off; and as the time drew near for her to be married, she got ready to set off on her journey to his country. Then the queen, her mother, packed up a great many costly things—jewels, and gold, and silver; trinkets, fine dresses, and, in short, everything that became a royal bride; for she loved her child very dearly: and she gave her a waiting-maid to ride with her, and give her into the bridegroom's hands; and each had a horse for the journey. Now the princess's horse was called Falada, and could speak. When the time came for them to set out, the old queen went into her bed-chamber, and took a little knife, and cut off a lock of her hair, and gave it to her daughter, and said, "Take care of it, dear child; for it is a charm that may be of use to you on the road." Then they… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. My Book Of Favourite Fairy Tales THE GOOSE GIRL An old queen, whose husband had been dead some years, had a beautiful daughter. When she grew up, she was betrothed to a prince who lived a great way off; and as the time drew near for her to be married, she got ready to set off on her journey to his country. Then the queen, her mother, packed up a great many costly things—jewels, and gold, and silver; trinkets, fine dresses, and, in short, everything that became a royal bride; for she loved her child very dearly: and she gave her a waiting-maid to ride with her, and give her into the bridegroom's hands; and each had a horse for the journey. Now the princess's horse was called Falada, and could speak. When the time came for them to set out, the old queen went into her bed-chamber, and took a little knife, and cut off a lock of her hair, and gave it to her daughter, and said, "Take care of it, dear child; for it is a charm that may be of use to you on the road." Then they… Read More

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons. Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. [256] p. 25 cm. No publication or copyright date. Worn through at corners and along edges. Ding to bottom front edge. Spine cocked. Paper covered boards are soiled and scratched. Inside, the hinges are cracked but holding. There is a moisture stain on the bottom edge affecting about 20 pages, and another on the bottom corner affecting the last 25 pages. Some finger smudges but still quite clean. Eight unsigned watercolour plates. Includes a golliwog story. Front cover illustration of children building a snowman, by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Other illustrations inside by Attwell, Hilda Cowham, M. & A. L. Bowley and others. .

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. Pages bright. Spotting and dampstaining throughout. Gutters exposed in parts. Foxing and spotting to endpapers. Paint stain to rear pastedown. Front board detached from block but still attached to spine. Heavy shelf wear to boards.. Hard. Fair. 4to.

London & New York: Ernest Nister, 1892. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Deluxe Edition. Slim 4to, pp30 complete with 24 chromolithographic plates, Hardcover no dust jacket. Red pictorial cloth binding with gilt titles to red leather spine of fox gazing up at 2 gilt chickens in good condition with a little fading to gilt and a few spots to rear board. Inside previous owners inscription to ffe paper, all pages and plates in very good clean condition. A very nice copy in a good tight binding.

Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. . Illustrated cover shows minor wear and rubbing, slight loss to the corners. Pages are lighlty tanned and clean. Profusely illustrated with full color cromolithographic plates and in-text black and white.

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, n.d. [ca. 1891]. First Edition. Royal octavo, cloth-backed color illustrated boards (hardcover), 61 pp. Very Good+, with lightly bumped and rubbed edges; in protective mylar sleeve.Seven chromolithographs, 6 of which are of children with animals.