Search Results: Children's - Folk Tales from Homeward Bound Books

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 180 p. 23 cm. Sound and square library binding in cloth-covered boards. Minor wear. Boards have discoloured somewhat. Previous owner's label on front pastedown endpaper. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has some wear to the edges and corners, including chips and tears. The spine is quite darkened, and the panels somewhat tanned. It is price clipped. A Hawaiian folk tale of a young boy who attempts to restore his exiled father to an esteemed position as guardian and personal assistant to the King. Illustrated with lino-cuts. .

Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0888995334 . 72 p. 26 cm. Sound and square binding in illustrated boards. A very slight bump to the rear top fore-corner. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has a bit of crinkling along the bottom edge, and is lightly shelf rubbed. A collection of tales set in northern lands, including folk and fairy tales from Scandinavia, Russia, and Canada's far North. .

London: Methuen Children's Books. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 127 p. 24 cm. Sound and square binding in red, cloth-covered boards. Corners lightly bumped. Inside pages are generally bright with a couple of tiny soil marks in the margins. Dustwrapper has wear along edges and corners, more so to the top edge and head of spine. Rub wear with scratches. Not price clipped. A selection of folk tales featuring animals, retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and pen and ink artwork. .

London: Oxford University Press. Good. 1967. Hardcover. 64 p. 23.5 cm. Sound and square binding in illustrated and laminated boards. Appears to have some fading to top of both boards. Rub wear to the edges and corner tips. Laminate lifting in spine joints. Foxing to the endpapers. Inside pages have occasional soil to the margins. Several pages have corner creases to the fore-corners. A collection of eight folk tales particular to Great Britain. Duotone illustrations. .

Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 1551110458 . 185 p. 22.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Virtually no discernible wear. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and has some light crinkling to the spine ends and corner tips. Appears lightly, if ever, read. A collection of folk stories and fairy tales by Irish-Canadian storyteller Alice Kane, who signed the book beneath her portrait opposite the title page. .

Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550415093 . 28 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Top fore-corners are bumped, and there is another ding to the lower board edge. Lightly rubbed at all corners. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has some crinkling at the top fore-corners and spine ends. It is slightly shelf rubbed. A Ukrainian folk-tale set during the Famine of the 1930's. Full colour illustrations by Canadian artist Michael Martchenko. .

New York: Grove Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1968. First American Edition. Hardcover. 208 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in green, cloth-covered boards. Minor wear to edges and corners. Top edge of the text block is slightly soiled. Small, light stain on the front free endpaper. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has heavy crinkling to the head of the spine. There is a stain mark to the tail and a rub mark on the middle of the spine. Not price clipped. A volume of original folk tales by German writer Wilhelm Matthiessen, translated by Kathleen Shaw. Illustrated with full and two shade watercolours. .

London: Faber and Faber. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 0571137865 . 391 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Light crinkling at the spine ends. Text block edges have a bit of soiling. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustwrapper has a little crinkling along the edges and one small corner tear. Not price clipped. A collection of British folk tales (Wales, Scotland, Ireland, England), arranged by main theme or subject. Illustrated with wood cuts. .

New York: Bantam Books. Near Fine. 1979. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 0553011413 . 31 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to covers. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Translated from the Dutch, this is a first paperback edition in English of this beloved work about gnomes and their everyday lives. Illustrated in colour. .

New York: Mayflower Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1980. Facsimile First Printing. Hardcover. 0831744480 . 212 p. 20 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and decoration. Minor wear to the corner tips and light rubbing to the foot of the spine. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has a little wear at the spine ends and the spine is somewhat faded. Shelf rubbed overall. A facsimile reprint of Charles Kingsley's 1855 retelling of three Greek legends: Perseus, Jason and the Argonauts, and Theseus. Includes sixteen colour plates and black and white chapter head illustrations. The Facsimile Classics Series .

New York: Crown Publishers Inc.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0517505363 . 128 p. 23.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Spine titles slightly dulled. Top edge of text block is foxed. Light offsetting to the endpapers. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has minor edge wear. The spine is sunned. A little soil to both panels. Price clipped. Eleven folk tales from the regions from the western parts of the former Soviet Union. Illustrated by American artist Charles Mikolaycak. .

Seoul: Seoul International Tourist Publishing Co.. Very Good+. 1982. Second Printing. Hardcover. 32 p. 26 cm. Sound and square binding in illustrated and laminated boards. Minor wear to corners. Light rubbing wear. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A Korean folk tale about two brothers and what happens when the poorer one discovers magic gourds which elude his richer, greedy brother. Korean Fold Story for Children Series II .

London: Allen Lane. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 071391341x . 142 p. 24 cm. Sound and square binding in brown, cloth-covered boards. Tiny ding on both top edge. One corner lightly bumped. Text block and endpaper edges are slightly toned. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustwrapper has crinkling to the head of spine, one tiny edge tear and crease mark, and some rub wear and light scratches. Not price clipped. A collection of nineteen folk-tales from around the world and as told by an imagined narrator. Illlustrated with colour plates by Yvonne Gilbert and pen and ink drawings by Jennifer Campbell. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good. 1950. Hardcover. 88 p. 24 cm. Sound and square Gibraltar library binding in illustrated boards. No evidence of having been in a library. Light wear to edges and corners. Spine slightly darkened. A little rubbing to the boards. Erased price marks on the front free endpaper and summary page. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean and unmarked. The story of folk legend John Henry. Illustrated with two colour block prints by Aldren Watson. One of the publishers Borzoi Books for Young People. .

Hollym International Corp.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1996. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. 0930878035 . 256 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in green, cloth-covered boards. Light wear to corners, one which is slightly bumped. A tiny fore-edge spot that slightly affects a few pages. Otherwise, inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has edge wear, more so to the corners and spine ends. Some small areas of laminate lifting. Rub and scratch wear. A collection of Korean folk tales that have been passed on through the generations. .

New York: Avenel. Very Good. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0517146363 . 206 p. 24 cm. Sound and square with cloth backed spine and glossy, illustrated boards. Corners lightly bumped. Worn along the edge of the front gutter. Paper sections of both boards are rubbed. Fore-edge of text block a bit dusty. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A retelling to the legendary character Sir Lancelot, one of the knights of King Arthur's Round Table. Includes eight colour plates, six by Thomas MacKenzie and two by Eleanor Brickdale. One of the "Children's Classics" titles from this publisher. .

Moscow: Raduga Publishers. Very Good. 1983. Hardcover. 25 p. 32 cm. Sound centre-stapled binding in paper covered boards with three colour design. Light wear to the edges and corners. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Original mylar protector was damaged and has been replaced. An English translation of a Russian folk tale. .

London: Andersen Press. Very Good+. 1986. Hardcover. 0862641292 . 108 p. 24 cm. Minor wear at corners. Slightly rubbed. Five pages have a corner crease, likely a printing flaw. Colour and black and white watercolor illustrations. A collection of legends from Cornwall as interpreted by Eric Quayle. .

New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons. Very Good-. Reprint. Hardcover. 336 p. 21 cm. Not publication or copyright date. Sound binding in cloth-covered boards. Very slightly cocked. A few soil spots along the text block edges and top edge is darkened. Fairly light wear to the corners and spine ends. Minor soil to the boards and spine. Previous ownership name and address in pencil and a small bookshop stamp on the front free endpaper. One leaf has a tiny edge tear. A couple have some margin smudges. Otherwise clean, with slight edge toning. A collection of twenty-one Russian folk tales, in English. Reprint of the 1916 first edition from T.C. & E.C. Jack.. Includes six full colour plates. .

Toronto: Groundwood Books / Douglas & McIntyre. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888994028 . 95 p. 26 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Upper board slightly bowed. Light wear to the corners. Top edge of the text block has a sprinkling of foxing. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light edge wear and curling. Lightly shelf rubbed. Not price clipped. A retelling of ten folk stories from around the world. Illustrated in colour. .