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New York:: Gulliver Books / Harcourt,, (2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in blue boards in a fine dust jacket.. First printing. A selection of bird stories from around the world collected by Howard Norman and illustrated in beautiful full color (with colored pencil and watercolor on Bristol board) by Caldecott award-winning artists Leo and Diane Dillon (Leo was the first Black US American to receive this award). SIGNED on the title page by both Leo and Diane Dillon. Includes a 4 pp note by Norman about the stories and the selection process - "laughter, argument, friendship." Slightly oblong format. ix, 78 pp.

New York:: Harper Collins,, (2000). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Eight classic fairy tales selected by Hague and illustrated by him both in full color and with black and white drawings. Includes 'Lock-out Time' by J.M. Barrie; 'Thumbelina' by Hans Christian Andersen; 'Goblin Market' by Christina Rossetti; 'The Goodwife's Midnight Labors' retold by Elizabeth Grierson; 'The Flower-Babies' by M. Wallace-Dunlop and M. Rivett-Carnac; 'Fairer-than-a-Fairy' by Charlotte-Rose Caumont de la Force; 'The Brownie o' Ferne-Den' retold by Virginia Haviland; and 'The Fairies' by William Allingham. Author's notes. Large format. Illustrated endpapers. 125 pp.

Cambridge, MA:: Candlewick Press, , (1993). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated boards in a very good dust jacket (tear to dj at upper corner of front cover). First US printing. Ten classic fairy tales - Puss in Boots, Snow White, Frog Prince, Hansel & Gretel, 6 Swans, 12 Dancing Princesses, Sleepy Beauty, Rapunzel,Cinderella, Beauty & the Beast. - retold by Hayes and illustrated throughout in full color by P. J. Lynch. SIGNED by both the author and the illustrator on a special publisher's bookplate on the front endpaper. Large format. 93 pp.

San Francisco:: Tachyon Publications,, (2006.). SIGNED first edition -. Fine (a new copy.). First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover. SIGNED on the title page. "Fairy tales for the tough-minded" by this award-winning author - twice-told, the familiar stories are newly revealed, from the unrepentent Gingerbread Man of the title story and his tirades against overprotective parents, meddlesome neighbors, and untrustworthy foxes, to the giant's wife who simply wants Jack out of the picture so that she and her mate may continue collaborating on poetry, these ironic tales introduce complex, emotional topics within a familiar context. Includes five original, previously unpublished works. 181 pp.

New York:: Greenwillow Books,, (1995.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. A retelling of twelve tales of Krylov, the 19th century Russian poet and fabulist, beautifully illustrated in full color by award-winning artist Anita Lobel, Author's notes and sources. Large format. 32 pp.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (1998). Hardcover -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. 3rd printing. A multicultural collection of stories in which "readers must try to outsmart evil kings, answer questions from Death, even puzzle with angels over the justice of God. Every tale returns to the most basic question: What is fair?" Illustrated by Whitney Sherman. Source notes, bibliography. 161 pp.

New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, (1990.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Twenty-five stories from different cultures about death, fairies, magic and other things felt but not explained in the past. Included are such myths and tales as that of the Banshee, Rolling Rio, the large black fisherman who wasn't afraid of death, the Golem, Fenris the Wolf, Childe Roland and more. Beautifully illustrated in full color by Lambert Davis. Large format. Bibliography. 154 pp.

New York:: George H. Doran,, nd (ca 1920.). Hardcover first edition -. POOR condition in the original black and gold elaborately illustrated boards. The front cover is detached, but present, one tipped in plate is missing (p 159), some fraying and wear to the edges of the boards and the corners. Other than the missing plate the contents are very good - and this is a still appealing copy of a beautiful book at a reasonable price. . First American edition. A collection of fairy tales from the nations allied with Britain in The Great War - that is, World War I. illustrated with sixteen tipped in water color illustrations and a decorative line drawing on the title page of each story. Includes Snegorotchka from Russia, The Buried Moon from England, The Serpent Prince from Italy; The Hind of the Wood from France, White Caroline and Black Caroline from Flanders, The Fire Bird from Russia; Urashima Taro from Japan; The Story of the Bird Feng from China, and others. Large format. 173 pp.

Chicago:: Moody Publishers, , (1994). First edition -. Near fine.. First printing, a trade paperback original. "Brendan has dreamed all his life of sailing to this promised land. Now his dream is coming true. But he and his fellow travelers must face the peril of the high seas, explore strange and dangerous lands, and defend themselves against terrors both physical and spiritual, before they reach their goal." 337 pp.

Flagstaff, AZ:: Northland Publishing,, 1990.. First edition -. Near fine.. First printing, a trade paperback. Updated fables, drawn from the animal life of Virginia and Arizona, and inspired by traditional fables from Aesop to LaFontaine to Joel Chandler Harris, illustrated with woodcuts by the author.

London:: Cassell & Co., , (1928). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine (bookplate on front pastedown, just a hint of foxing to the endpapers and toning) in a very good dust jacket with some sunning to the spine, minor edgewear. Overall a very attractive copy of a beautiful book in the rather uncommon dust jacket with the original price of 15/net. . First trade edition. Contains nine fairy tales - two by Charles Perrault, five by Mme d'Aulnoy and one by Count Anthony Hamilton, illustrated with twelve full-page color illustrations by Edmund Dulac. 251 pp.

New York:: Orion Press , (c 1958). Hardcover -. Near fine in illustrated cream cloth, no dust jacket. . Hardcover. A collection of 42 classic tales by this Danish author, from The Tinderbox and The Princess and The Pea to Thumbelina, The Little Mermaid, to less well known stories like Aunty and The Porter's Son. Illustrated with twenty-five full color paintings by children from 18 different nations. 355 pp.

New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1932.. Hardcover -. Good overall in green cloth with gold lettering and decoration on front cover (some fading to the cloth, lettering on the spine is illegible, bookplate and scattered pencil underlining.) 103 pp. . Early printing. Ghost story set in Scotland, written as a diary by a young minister about when the glen is locked - or snowbound. 103 pp.

New York:: Morrow,, (1992.). Hardcover -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. Book club edition. A different interpretation of the Atlantis myth - one which contends that Plato's tale of a lost advanced civilization is actually the retelling of an ancient Egyptioan account of the Trojan War.Illustrated with photographs and drawings.Extensive notes, bibliography, index. 256 pp.,

New York:: Holt, Rinehart and Winston,, 1977.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good+ in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, light edgewear.). First US printing. A retelling of Chinese folktales which span 4000 years of China's history, illustrated in black and white by Derek Collard.

New York:: Harmony,, (1999.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A new take on the classic tale by this noted poet and translator: "The story of a meditative frog's love for a rebellious princess, how she came to love him in spite of herself, and how her refusal to compromise helped him become who he truly was. This is a magical book that moves (amphibiously) from story to meditation and back, from the outrageous to the hilarious to the silly to the sublime." INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page.Small format. 188 pp.

New York:: St Martin's,, 1985.. SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 2nd printing. The third novel in this medieval scholar's Arthurian fantasy trilogy. Dustjacket praise from Anne McCaffrey and R. A. McAvoy among others. SIGNED on the title page. 277 pp.

Columbus, Ohio: Ariel Press,, (1984). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in maroon cloth with gilt lettering,no dustjacket.. First printing. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Mark Peyton. 106 pp.

New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, (1988). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (first issue dj with no medallion). First printing. A beautiful collaboration between this award-winning author and an equally honored illustrator. Includes twenty-five myths from different cultures and ages - from the book of Genesis in the Bible, Greek myths, the Inuit and Native Americans, China, Iceland and Africa. Some describe creation as out of nothing, others are among the "earth-diver" types, and some, like that featuring Anansi the trickster, are humorous. Each story is illustrated by one of more full-page watercolor paintings by Moser, and is followed by comments from Hamilton. A Newbery Honor book. Notes on sources. Large format. xi, 161 pp.

New York:: Orchard Books,, (1994.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. A retelling of the story 'Oluronbi' in "Yoruba Legends" by M. I. Ogumefu, published in 1929 - a story which echoes that of Rumpelstiltskin. Colorfully illustrated with acrylic and collage paintings by Holly C. Kim (her first children's book.) Large format, unpaginated. Reinforced binding.