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Various - Collection of five rare fairy tale books - 1854
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Various - Collection of five rare fairy tale books - 1854

Collection of five rare fairy tale books: 1 "A Peep at the Pixies, or legends of the west" by Mrs. Bay and ill. by Browne (Phiz) - Grant and Griffith, London - 1854 edition -condition: fair, original binding with covers detached, inscription to ffep, frontispiece and plates by Phiz present. Rare work. 14cmx12cm collection of fairy tales and legends that are set in the West of England 2 "Tales From Catland, written for little Kittens" by an old tabby - Grant and Griffith, 1853 second edition - with four illustrations by Harrison Weir - 14cmx12cm - condition: fair, original publisher's binding, covers detached, binding loose, plates present, name to ffep 3 ""A Little Book of Grimm's Fairy Tales" by Brothers Grimm and ill. by Tom Rigby - Sands, London - 12cmx10cm - condition: publisher's binding with covers loosenign, spine worn, some scribbling, ill. present, coloured in. Rare title. 4 " The Red Shoes" by Hans Christian Andersen - ca 1865 Hans Christian Andersen Library - 12cmx10cm - condition: original publisher's binding, with covers detached and worn, lacking title page and first few leaves, ill. present in text. 5 "Peeps into Fairy Land" a panoroma picture book of fairy stories with an introduction by Weatherly and stories by E. Nesbit - Ernest Nister, London - 20cmx30cm - ca 1896 first thus UK edition - condition: in original binding, lacks rear board, scribbling by children, wear to boards, repairs to plates.

No. 98902431

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Various - Collection of five rare fairy tale books - 1854

Various - Collection of five rare fairy tale books - 1854

Collection of five rare fairy tale books:

1 "A Peep at the Pixies, or legends of the west" by Mrs. Bay and ill. by Browne (Phiz) - Grant and Griffith, London - 1854 edition -condition: fair, original binding with covers detached, inscription to ffep, frontispiece and plates by Phiz present. Rare work. 14cmx12cm collection of fairy tales and legends that are set in the West of England

2 "Tales From Catland, written for little Kittens" by an old tabby - Grant and Griffith, 1853 second edition - with four illustrations by Harrison Weir - 14cmx12cm - condition: fair, original publisher's binding, covers detached, binding loose, plates present, name to ffep

3 ""A Little Book of Grimm's Fairy Tales" by Brothers Grimm and ill. by Tom Rigby - Sands, London - 12cmx10cm - condition: publisher's binding with covers loosenign, spine worn, some scribbling, ill. present, coloured in. Rare title.

4 " The Red Shoes" by Hans Christian Andersen - ca 1865 Hans Christian Andersen Library - 12cmx10cm - condition: original publisher's binding, with covers detached and worn, lacking title page and first few leaves, ill. present in text.

5 "Peeps into Fairy Land" a panoroma picture book of fairy stories with an introduction by Weatherly and stories by E. Nesbit - Ernest Nister, London - 20cmx30cm - ca 1896 first thus UK edition - condition: in original binding, lacks rear board, scribbling by children, wear to boards, repairs to plates.


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