Juvenile Fairy Tales & Folklore
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Juvenile Fairy Tales & Folklore Books & Ephemera
Glooskap's Country and Other Indian Tales
by MacMillan, Cyrus
Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1956. Hardcover. Good/fair. Hall, John A.. Green cloth hardcover in dustjacket. 1956, no additional date. A good copy with bumping and bending at the corners and spine tips and general wear to the board edges. The interior is much better - clean and unmarked, binding solid. Unclipped dustjacket is only fair with a 3" tear across the lower half of the front cover and heavy chipping and wear at the panel edges. 273 pp., illustrated - a great collection of...
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£20.35
Art in Australia. First Series. Number Three. (Third Number)
by [ART IN AUSTRALIA] URE SMITH, Sydney, GELLERT, Leon & JONES, C. Lloyd (editors)
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1917. First Edition. Articles and images of interest include a short article with tipped plates on James Muir Auld; A. Radcliffe Brown on Norman Lindsay's watercolours (one page of text with two tipped plates), etchings of Victor Cobb; Julian Ashton on Blamire Young (two colour plates); John Shirlow reviews the marble sculptures of C. Web Gilbert; oil paintings by Max Meldrum; three page article on industrial art in Australia; book review including real tipped plates by...
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£104.32
The Girl in the Apple.; From a Tuscan Folk Tale
by BRUNSKILL, Anne
London: World's End Press, 1984. Signed Limited Edition. A short and curious fairy tale illustrated with hand-coloured woodblock prints by British aritist and printmaker, Anne Brunskill (1923 - 2018). Translation by Helen Attlee. Limited edition of 120 copies signed by the translator and the artist. Quarto, bound in illustrated papered boards (back board a little rubbed) aach original hand-coloured print protected by a tissue guard.; a fine copy in a slipcase showing some moderate external wear.
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£52.16
The Little Shepherdess and Other Stories
by Andersen, Hans Christian
Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, 1923. Mabel Lucie Attwell. Collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen with delightful illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Includes "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Flying Trunk", "Little Tuk" and "The Little Shepherdess" Octavo, 64 pages, colour frontispiece + one full page colour plate, black & white illustrations throughout, original owner's gift inscription dated 23.12.23, a very good copy.
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£23.47
The Water Babies. A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
by [DIXON, Arthur] KINGSLEY, Charles
London: Ernest Nister, 1900. DIXON, Arthur. An attractive edition of this children's classic with vibrant plates and cheerful vignettes by Arthur Dixon. Octavo, publisher's decorated green cloth, 6 full-page colour plates, black & white vignettes; joints rubbed, light stains to back board, front inner hinge split (not detached) but still a good copy.
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£91.28
Australian Songs for Young and Old
by [OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul] RENTOUL, Annie R
Melbourne: Allan & Co. Pty. Ltd, No Date. Very good +. OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. The first of the Rentoul sisters' famous songbooks, originally published to coincide with the well publicised Women's Exhibition held in Melbourne, October, 1907. Imperial edition number 335. String-tied oblong quarto, original illustrated wrappers, superbly illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite over 32 pages; original owner's inscription on cover, a lovely copy.
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£91.28
Gum Tree Brownie and other Faerie Folk of the Never-Never
by [OUTHWAITE] QUIN, Tarella
Melbourne: George Robertson, 1925. OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. With a foreword by Ethel Turner and delightful illustrations by a nineteen-year old Ida Rentoul (later Outhwaite). "The subject matter was still that of fairies, elves and children... Although this was a world of the imagination there were some Australian motifs such as spider-orchids, monk-hoods, or blow-fly grass which she had seized on for their qualities" (Muir, 'The History of Australian Children's Book Illustration'). Third Edition. Oblong...
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£156.48
Red Riding Hood
by Shape Book. Fairy Tales. Very, Lydia L
Boston: L Prang, 1863 6.75 x 2.50 inches (17 x 6 cm). Color printed wraps die-cut in the shape of Little Red Riding Hood, a few small edge tears, old repair to spine. A retelling of the famous fairy tale with illustrations in color on every page. Quite a lovely production, one of the first shape books to be produced in America. . Pictorial Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Lydia L Very. 16mo.
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£284.86
Fairy Tales; Illustrated by Kay Nielsen
by [NIELSEN, Kay] ANDERSEN, Hans Christian
New York: Garden City Publishing, 1932. NIELSEN, Kay. Nielsen's subtle and symbolic paintings and artwork embellish Andersen's immortal tales. Large octavo, original red cloth with colour pictorial onlay, 273 pp., 8 colour plates, vignettes and decorations and full-page black & white illustrations throughout, decorated endpapers, previous owner's name on front endpaper, a near fine copy.
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£156.48
Playing in the Snow
by MALTBY, Peg
no date. Vibrant watercolour by British Australian illustrator, Peg Maltby (1899 - 1984). Peg Maltby, née Agnes Newberry Orchard, worked in England as an illustrator of chocolate-box lids before emigrating to Melbourne where she became a member of the Victorian Artists' Society holding successful exhibitions of her watercolours in the 1930s and 1940s. Maltby rose to fame with the publication of 'Peg's Fairy Book', published by Muffetts in 1944 and selling over 180,000 copies in five editions. The rare...
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£1,277.92
Little Red Cap (Little Red Riding Hood)
by Grimm, Translated By Anthea Bell
New York: North South Books, 1993 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket, darkened at edges, light wear. A retelling of Little Red Riding Hood with nice color artwork throughout.. First American Edition. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Monika Laimgruber. 4to.
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£20.35
Toy Shop (Cover Title) Merry Times for Little Folks (Title Page)
by ABC
No Place: Juvenile Publishers, 1899 Unpaginated. Pictorial boards, accented in gilt, cloth spine, corners worn, edges rubbed, clean overall with a few signs of use internally. The publishers really tried to pack a lot into this one little book! We start out with an alphabet with two examples and brief verse for each letter, then we go on to counting, then days of the week, then months and finish off with some natural history. Peppered throughout the book are Mother Goose rhymes. The book is...
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£101.74
The Warrior and the Wise Man
by Wisniewski, David
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1989. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Fine/good +. Glossy pictorial hard cover with matching jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author on the 1/2 title page. 'Tozaemon was the greatest warrior in the land. His twin brother, Toemon, was the greatest wise man. Their father, the emperor, set them a task: to bring him the five eternal elements. The brother who returned first with the prize would become the next...
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£20.35
The Other Side of Nowhere
by [OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul] DASKEIN, Tarella Quin
Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens, 1934. First Edition. OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. This charming work contains seven stories and the song, "Over the Water from Nowhere" with music by Kenneth L. Duffield. Oblong octavo, 18 full page black & white illustrations, vignettes throughout; patch of rubbing affects the front board, gentle preliminary foxing, a very good copy in the original decorated cloth.
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£234.72
A Bunch of Wild Flowers
by OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1933. First Edition. OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. Rare first edition with original dust jacket. Verse and illustration by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. A dramatic stylistic shift from her body of work up until this point, Ouhtwaite's "Bunch of Wild Flowers" follows in the tradition of Margaret Tarrant and Cicely Mary Baker's little books of poetry illustrated with "flower fairies." Small quarto, six tipped colour plates, line drawings; original decorated papered boards; endpapers foxed,...
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£260.80
Original watercolour from "Pearl Pinkie and Sea Greenie"; Seven Little Sea Horses | "I will not have Cow-fish in my garden
by O'Harris, Pixie
A rare offering of a beautiful watercolour by Pixie O'Harris painted to illustrate the publication "Pearl Pinkie and Sea Greenie" (Angus & Robertson, 1935) Early works such as this one rarely come to market. Pixie O'Harris's second book, "Pearl Pinkie and Sea Greenie: The Story of Two Little Rock-Sprites" is a dainty example of magical storytelling, a vibrant and exciting underwater tale, beautifully illustrated with the artist's characteristic charm and grace. Born in Wales, Pixie O'Harris (1903...
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£3,833.76
Songs for Young Australians
by [OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul] TAYLOR, Bronnie, HARRHY, Edith
Melbourne: Allan & Co, 1941. Outhwaite, Ida Rentoul. A fresh and attractive Australian songbook for young children. Each of the twelve songs composed by Bronnie Taylor and Edith Harrhy are accompanied by a suite of lovely, playful sketches by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Interestingly, it is not recorded as Outhwaite's work in Marcie Muir's comprehensive bibliography of Australian Children's Books 1774-1972.
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£252.98
The Merry Piper
by GAZE, Harold
London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1925. First Edition. The Merry Piper is an exuburant and rambling adventure by Harold Gaze (1885-1962). Born in New Zealand, Gaze came to Melbourne in 1918 and stayed until 1921, producing a vast quantity of high quality work during a short space of time. He published four books in 1919 alone. Many of the plates that adorn his books were probably produced before the Melbourne publishing period, and a few clearly date as far back as 1910. One of the most enigmatic...
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£273.84
Undine... Adapted from the German by W. L. Courtney
by RACKHAM, Arthur and Friedrich de La Motte-Fouqué
London: William Heinemann, 1909. Very good. Rackham, Arthur. One of the less common of Rackham's works and a beautiful example from the Golden Age of Illustration. It tells of a water-sprite, Undine, who can gain an immortal soul only through marriage to a mortal. The tale is ideally suited to Rackham's art nouveau style, capturing, as he does, both the tale's medieval chivalry and its roots in northern folklore. "It would seem unlikely that one of the most ethereal creatures to capture the...
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£1,434.40
Gum Blossom Babies
by GIBBS, May
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1918. 'Today these booklets are generally regarded as children's items, but in their day they were issued in individual envelopes and were intended to be used as enlarged greeting cards... their contribution to the Australian pictorial propaganda of the First World War was pervasive and amusing and remains perhaps the only such work to survive with a timeless appeal.' (Holden, p 92). Reprint edition. String tied octavo in original wrappers with colour pictorial onlay, 28...
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£143.44
Bushland Stories
by MACK, Amy Eleanor
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1921. Joyce Dennys. A collection of short nature tales that capture the spirit of the Australian bush. Home reviewed the new edition of Amy Mack's Bushland Stories in December 1921 and praised the 'entirely new illustrations in colour and black and white by Joyce Dennys... so admirably suited to their subjects, so beautiful in their delicacy of tone and drawings'. (Joan Kerr, 1995). Quarto, frontispiece and full-page colour plates, line drawings and vignettes; original...
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£75.63
The Think Man and the Sunset Fairies
by [NEELIA] Burrow, Aileen L
Sydney: Websdale, Shoosmith Limited, 1911. Extremely rare publication by Aileen L Burrow ("Neelia"), presenting two Australian bush stories. Typset and illustrated by the author throughout in sepia, this is a rare addition to the ouevre of Burrow. Near fine condition, no other copies listing. Quarto, staple-bound in illustrated wrappers, 18pp. Illustrations set in text throughout. A near fine copy.
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£91.28
Kate Greenaway; Sixteen Examples in Colour of the Artist's Work
by [BRITISH ARTISTS]
London: A. & C. Black, 1911. Greenaway, Kate. With an introduction by M. H. Spielmann. "If ever there was a beautiful soul, it was the soul of Kate Greenaway." Large octavo, bound in decorated green boards with colour pictorial onlay, fifteen colour plates tipped-in, a nice copy of a charming little book.
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£26.08
Sunday Sun Comics. Sunbeams Supplement to 'The Sunday Sun and Guardian' March 17 1946
by BANCKS, J.C., GIBBS, May and others
Sydney: The Sunday Sun, 1946. Contains a variety of cartoons, including 'Bib and Bub' by May Gibbs (half page) and Bancks timeless Ginger Meggs (whole page). Eight page tabloid newspaper insert (305x380mm) printed in colour, in excellent condition.
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£96.50
Red Riding Hood (Little Red Riding-Hood, and the Wicked Wolf), Routledge's Threepenny Toy-Books
by Little Red Riding Hood
London and New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1870 (7.25 x 5.75 in, 18.5 x 13.5 cm). Circa 1870. Color printed pink paper wraps, minor wear and dust soil, a remarkably nice copy. A retelling of the famous fairy tale, but with a rather tame ending. Illustrated with six full-page color illustrations, printed by Kronheim. Rare.. Original Wraps. Very Good Plus/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Kronheim (Printer). 12mo.
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£162.78
