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1912 1ed FABLES Big Book Charles Robinson Color Illustrated AESOP Fairy Tales
Charles Robinson was a 20th-century book illustrator best-known for his contributions to iconic works like 'Alice in Wonderland', 'Grimm's Fairy Tales', and other nursery rhymes.
This 1912 London edition of 'The Big Book of Fables' includes an impressive collection of 28 tipped-in color engravings of the artwork of Robinson which depict scenes from these fables, many of which are of Aesop. Edited by Walter Jerrold.
Item number: #12549
Price: $499
ROBINSON, Charles [illust.]
The big book of fables
London : Blackie & Son, 1912. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete
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xxi, [1], 293, [1]
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127 illustrations
27 color plates
100 black & white plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~10in X 8in (25.5cm x 20cm)

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1893 1ed Brownies at Home Palmer Cox Children Fairy Tale Mythology Illustrated

Palmer Cox was a Canadian author and illustrator best known for The Brownies, based on Celtic mythology and highland Scottish tales told to Cox by his grandmother. Brownies are small imaginary male sprites, who enjoy harmless pranks and helpful deeds and have never been seen by people.
This 1893 edition of 'Brownies at Home'
is complete with 12 short stories and numerous black and white wood engravings and a color illustrated decorative binding.

Item number: #15171
Price: $499
COX, Palmer
The Brownies at Home
New York: Century Co., ©1893. First Edition.
Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xi, [1], 144
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Illustrated throughout
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Cloth
· Size: ~10.5in X 8.5in (26cm x 21.5cm)
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1913 EXQUISITE 1ed Princess Badoura Arabian Nights Dulac ART Aladdin Housman

"A loss that can be repaired by money is not of such very great importance."
– 'The Arabian Nights'

During the Golden Age of Islam in South and West Asia, a collection of tales and stories was gathered and called "One Thousand and One Arabian Nights".
This charming printing of 'Princess Badoura' is a famous story from 'Arabian Nights'. Princess Badoura is famous for marrying Aladdin. This edition was translated and edited by Laurence Housman alongside 10 impressive, full-page color illustrations by Edmund Dulac.
Item number: #18759
Price: $750
HOUSMAN, Laurence
Princess Badoura. A tale from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman
London : Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[8], 113, [1]
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10 color plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
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Decorative cloth
· Size: ~10.25in X 7.75in (26cm x 19.5cm)… Read More

2nd American edition. 8th impression. 1,000 copies of this impression were sent from Allen & Unwin to Houghton Mifflin. Dust jacket states 8th impression, book is confirmed the same by the clipped 'e' in 'the' on page 20, line 6. Book is in Very Good condition, with joints showing signs of weakness. Some very light foxing on map endpapers. Some light yellowing of text pages, but otherwise clean and tight. Cover has most minimal wear.Dust jacket is in Good condition, with some edgewear, small open tears at corners, top of jacket spine has 1/4" high open tear. Dust jacket flaps have moderate foxing.

1904 1st ed Brown Fairy Book Andrew Lang Mermaids Elves Native American Indians

"Once upon a time…"

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of children stories that were published in a collection of "colors." The collection includes nearly 800 stories both true and fiction. The Brown Fairy Book contains stories of Native American Indians, Australian Bushmen, African Kaffirs, and other stories from Persia, Lapland, and India. While most of the stories have truths of these cultures, the stories include portrayals of elves, mermaids, and wicked wolverines! See below for a full list of the titles.
Item number: #40101
Price: $599
LANG, Andrew
The Brown fairy book
London; New York : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete
o xiii, [1], 350
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49 illustrations
7 color-plates
22 full-page plates
20 in-text
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; secure
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Brown decorative cloth
· Size: ~7.25in X 5.25in (18.5cm x 13cm)
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Biting Dog Press, 2012. Hardback. Fine. Folio Edition of the first edition broadsheet, one of 50 copies so issued, a Fine copy, with one broadsheet on each side of an oversized folio case with accompanying slipcase. This thing is huge, about 16 1/2" high by 14 1/2" wide. This is about the point where it stops being a book and starts being a fetish object. I've got a pictures of it here. I only have one for sale, and it's out of print from the publisher.

Denis, Charles, Select Fables. By Mr. Charles Denis. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, MDCCLIV. [1754] In-8, 21 cm. [frontispiece by C. Grignion; title-page; dedication to the Prince of Wales (ii); preface (xvii); contents (ix); 448 pages]. Rebound in quarter brown calf, five raised bands, gilt-decorated label, on twentieth century marbled boards. Occasional slight spotting.Following in the tradition of LaFontaine, Aesop, and -- if Quintilian is to be believed -- Hesiod, Charles Denis wrote fables that survive the Classical definition: A fable is no more than a moral instruction disguised under the allegory of an action. De La Motte said a fable was an epic poem in miniature, but with more freedom of subject and in the choice of actors. There are 120 fables in Denis's collection, the last was dedicated to His Grace, Thomas, the Archbishop of Canterbury titled "The Phoenix and the Owl." First edition. ESTC Cit. No. T101633.

SIGNED, HARDCOVER SPECIAL EDITION - UKO The Sketchbook Series: Create Somethin' Cool! Hardcover Special Edition by Uko Smith is a Signed (Signed by author UKO with his name and Thank You) Kenyatta Press Hardcover Special Edition. The book was published in 2010. Both the book and the boards are in very good condition (no dust jacket). This copy would make a special addition to any collection or library. You can buy with confidence, we have been selling books for over 45 years. Thanks for buying.

0 Scarce and highly collectible First Edition/First printing published by Gollancz, London 2011. Near Fine condition. No marks or inscriptions. Dustjacket not price clipped. Protected in archive cover.

London: Rapp & Whiting, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing of the First UK edition which was the first hardcover edition of this title. Original green cloth with gilt titles to the backstrip. Not fine but a VG copy which has a slight lean. Pushed a little at the spine tips but with sharp corners. Minor tanning - or rather, dis-coloration - to the edges of the block but free from owner names, library markings etc. The covers are clean and bright. The dustjacket has the original price of £2.50 at the front flap. There is a small tri-angular chip at the foot of the spine and a small, old sellotape repair to the inside of the jacket above. Minor chip to the laminate of the jacket at the foot also. For best appreciation of condition please examine the accompanying images. Much, much better than it probably sounds this is a very nice example of a very rare book - no spotting/foxing, no previous owner names or library markings etc.