1. Afanas’ev, Aleksandr. [Ed].

Russian Fairy Tales. Translated by Norbert Guterman. Illustrated by Alexander Alexeieff.

New York, Pantheon Books, 1980. 15 x 23.5cm. 662 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original softcover. Sunning to spine, wear to edges, spine joint beginning to loosen, otherwise good condition. Some text annotations. [The Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library].

2. Andersen, Hans Christian.

The Swineherd. Translated and illustrated by Erik Blegvad.

New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, inc. 1958. 17 x 19.5 cm. 32 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3. [Arabian Nights] Forster, Edward / [Provenance: Daniel Callaghan of Lotabeg].

The Arabian Nights, in Five Volumes. [Including “The History of Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp” / The History of Ali Baba and of the Forty Robbers, killed by one Slave” / etc.] Translated by The Reverend Edward Forster [based on the French version of Antoine Galland]. With [24] Engravings, from Pictures by Robert Smirke.

First Edition [Large Paper Quarto Edition]. Five Volumes (complete set with all engravings). London, Printed for William Miller, 1802. Quarto (21.5 cm x 27.5 cm). Volume I: LXI, (7), 385 pages with 5 copper-engravings including Errata-Leaf and “Directions for placing the Plates” for all four volumes / Volume: 432 pages with 5 copper-engravings / 405 pages with 5 copper-engravings / 461 pages with 5 copper-engravings / 474 pages with 5 copper-engravings. Hardcover / Original, early 19th century full leather with gilt lettering and date on lower spine [″London, 1802”]. Beautiful, richly ornamented master-bindings. All Volumes in strong, protective collector’s Mylar, which invites the reader/collector to use the work without fear of handling. Armorial Bookplates / ExLibris of Daniel Callaghan, Esquire of Lotabeg (MP for Cork City 1830-1849) to all five pastedowns (Motto: “Fidus et Audax”). Marbled endpapers a little dusty but beautiful. Volume 1, 2 and 5 with some weakening to the spine (slightly cracked), but holding and still firm overall. All plates present. As known and always found with this scarce edition, the original, titled tissue-guards all in place, have created stronger signs of foxing to the plates but in sharp contrast the text in all the five Volumes in bright and clean condition with only occasional faint staining. Endpapers with some minor browning. Very good+ condition overall with some rubbing and minor bumping to the Volumes but really only minor signs of external wear. Extremely sought after publication, not to be confused with the later, much more common Octavo Editions !

4. Arnott, Kathleen.

African Myths and Legends. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.

London, Oxford University Press, 1970. 14.5 x 22cm. 211 pages, with illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover with original dustjacket and illustrated endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear, including small (1cm) tear to dustjacket spine. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper. [Oxford Myths and Legends Series].

5. Brockett, Eleanor.

Persian Fairy Tales. Retold by Eleanor Brockett. Illustrated by Harry Toothill.

London, Frederick Muller Limited, 1965. 13 x 20cm. (8), 224 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover. Minor signs of external wear, including sunned spine and some fraying to cloth edges. Internally in very good condition, other than some minor text annotations on first twenty pages. [Muller World Fairy Tales Collection].

6. Christian Andersen, Hans. Haugaard, Erik Christian.

A Treasury of Hans Christian Andersen. Translated from the Danish by Erik Chrisitan Haugaard.

New York, Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1974. 15 x 22 cm. 524 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7. Dahal, Charity.

The Orange Thieves and Other Stories. Illustrated by Beryl Moore.

East African Publishing House, 1971. 12 x 18cm. 64 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [East African Readers Library, No. 5].

8. Jacobs, Joseph. [Ed].

Indian Fairy Tales. Illustrated by John D. Batten.

New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1969. 13.5 x 21.5cm. (12), 255 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original softcover. Some signs of external wear, including creasing to jacket and minor paper loss to spine. Internally in very good condition, other than some text annotations. [Dover Children’s Classics].

9. Jiménez-Landi, Antonio.

The Treasure of the Muleteer and Other Spanish Tales. Translated from the Spanish by Paul Blackburn. Illustrated by Floyd Sowell.

First Edition. New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. 16 x 24cm. 94 pages, with black and white illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover. Excellent condition other than slight bumping to corners and partial fading to boards.

10. Lang, Andrew. [Ed].

The Blue Fairy Book.

New York, Grosset and Dunlap, n.d. (c.1950). 14 x 21cm. 428 pages, with colour frontispiece and black and white text illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover with illustrated endpapers. Poor condition ! Cloth lost from spine, although the joint is still firm. Some bumping and wear to edges and corners of boards. Internally in good condition, other than text markings to contents page.

11. Leamy, Edmund.

Irish Fairy Tales.

Cork / Dublin, Mercier Press, 1978. 11 x 18cm. 128 pages. Original softcover. Poor condition !! Front jacket detached, otherwise good condition. Needs repair. Inscribed with previous owner’s name. Rare Book !

12. Manning-Sanders, Ruth.

A Book of Giants. Text illustrations by Robin Jacques.

London, Pan Books Ltd., 1972. 12.5 x 19cm. 126 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear, spine sunned. [A Piccolo Book].

13. McAlpine, Helen & William.

Japanese Tales and Legends. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1979. 13.8 cm x 22.3 cm. 212 pages. Black and white illustrations within text. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to edges. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

14. Nisbet Bain, R. / Kunos, Ignacz.

Turkish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales. Collected by Dr. Ignacz Kunos. Translated from the Hungarian version by R. Nisbet Bain. With illustrations by Celia Levetus.

New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1969. 13.5 x 21.5cm. (8), 275 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original softcover. Some signs of external wear, including creasing to jacket and spine and minor paper loss to edges. Internally in very good condition other than some text annotations. Inscribed with previous owner’s name. [Dover Children’s Classics].

15. [Nygren, Åke / Sago-ton] / Hedqvist, Greta / Åke Nygren / Hugo Gyllander / Ingeborg Bjork / William Linds Orkester.

Sago-ton – Den Talande Sagoboken: Set of seven (7) Shellac Records for Children with classical and swedish fairy tales, some narrated by Hugo Gyllander, Greta Hedqvist, Ingeborg Bjork and arranged by Åke Nygren with the William Linds Orchestra (Orkester) / The collection includes: 1. Sago-ton No.101: “Snövit” (Snow White) – Med Ljudeffekter / 2. Sago-ton No.102: “Piff och Paff” / 3. Sago-ton No.104: “Pojken som åt ikapp med jätten” / 4. Sago-ton No.105: “De tre bockarna Bruse” / 5. Sago-ton No.107: “Lille Pers vandring” (text: Hugo Gyllander – musik: Åke Nygren med William Linds Orkester) / 6. Sago-ton No.106: “Igelkottarna” – text: Greta Hedqvist – musik: Åke Nygren and William Linds Orkester PLUS also on the record: “Fotbollslaget” – text: Ingeborg Bjork – musik: Åke Nygren med William Linds Orkester / 7. Sago-ton No.109: “Trollet Luffendrul” – text: Greata Hedqvist – musik: Åke Nygren med William Linds Orkester //

Original Shellack Records with illustrated sleeves and storybooks on the sleeves. Stockholm (Sweden), Sago-Konst Ab., c.1955 – 1960. 7 Records. All Records in very good condition with some spotting. The sleeves are all very good and stabil with some minor signs of wear and some occasional repairs. Very rare collection !

16. Sale, Roger.

Fairy Tales and After: From Snow White to E.B. White.

Cambridge / London, Harvard University Press, 1978. 15.5 x 23cm. (6), 280 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear, including creasing and slight lean to spine. Numerous text annotations. [A Harvard Paperback].

17. [Schart Hyman, Tina] Heins, Paul.

Snow White by The Brothers Grimm. With illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman.

Boston / Toronto, Little, Brown and Company, 1974. 22.8 cm x 22.2 cm. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing inside front and rear cover and to halftitle page. With handwritten and dated note from author on half-title page. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen Translator Erik C. Haugaard.

18. Stone, Harry.

Fairy Tales and Ogres : Dickens’ Imagination and “David Copperfield”.

Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1964. 8°. 7 Pages (pp. 24-30). Stapled blue wrappers (softcover). Good condition. Some rust marks from staples. “DICKENS” and “Sincere regards, HS” (Harry Stone) written in pen on front cover. Some text markings. [Offprint from: “CRITICISM, a Quarterly for Literature and the Arts, Vol.VI, No.4, 1964.]

19. Wildhaber, Robert / Uffer, Leza. [Hrsg].

Schweizer Volksmärchen.

Erste Auflage. Düsseldorf / Köln, Eugen Diederichs Verlag, 1971. 11.5 x 19cm. pages. Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur einigen Annotationen im Text. Namenseintrag im Vorsatz. [Die Märchen der Weltliteratur].

20. Wootton, David / Margaret Winifred Tarrant, Helen Mary Jacobs, Beatrice May Goldsmith etc.

The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1780-1996 / 1880-1997. [With many short biographies and listings of women illustrators].

2 volumes (complete set). London, Chris Beetles Limited, 1996-1997. 21 cm x 21 cm. 543 pages includes hundreds of colour-illustrations. Original Softcover with colour illustrations on both front and back cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Loosely inserted is the Price-list for the illustrations for their Sale on November 30th – January 25th 1996).