Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion
New York: Dial, 1989. Pinkney, Jerry. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, glossy pictorial boards, illustrated in rich color throughout by Jerry Pinkney. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
Folk/Fairy Tales
Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion (signed with drawing)
New York: Dial, 1989. Pinkney, Jerry. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, glossy pictorial boards, illustrated in rich color throughout by Jerry Pinkney and signed and dated by him with a cartoon of Lion's head on the front free endpaper. Fine in fine, unclipped dj with hint of.....
The Iron Wolf and Other Stories
London: Allen Lane, 1980. Gilbert, Yvonne & Campbell, Jennifer. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 8vo, full brown cloth. Published in the US as "The Broken Web." Stories and fables, illustrated with color plates by Yvonne Gilbert and black and white drawings by Jennifer Campbell. Fine in fine, unclipped dj...
The Unbroken Web and Other Stories
New York: Crown, 1980. Gilbert, Yvonne & Campbell, Jennifer. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 8vo, full brown cloth. Published in the US as "The Iron Wolf." Stories and fables, illustrated with color plates by Yvonne Gilbert and black and white drawings by Jennifer Campbell. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.....
Aesop - Five Centuries of Illustrated Fables
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964. various. Edition not noted. Hardcover. Large 8vo, full blue cloth, a collection of various translations with a range of illustrations from 15th century woodcuts to 1963. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, custom bookplate under front dj flap.
Aesop's Fables
Parsippany: Unicorn, 1988. Sturrock, Walt. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Full green cloth stamped in gilt with color cover plate, illustrated with 30 color plates by Walt Sturrock. Fine/no dj as issued.
Aesop's Fables (signed)
New York: SeaStar, 2000. Pinkney, Jerry. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st pg. 4to picture book, paper-covered boards, with Jerry Pinkney's dreamy water color illustrations and signed by the artist on the title page. 88pp. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks. Signed by Pinkney.
The Lion & the Mouse
New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2000. Kitchen, Bert. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., square folio picture book, the classic fables illustrated with the rich color animal art of Bert Kitchen. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
The Rooster and the Fox
Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press, 2003. Ward, Helen. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st ptg., oblong 4to picture book, matte pictorial boards, the classic fable with Helen Ward's glowing illustrations. As new in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
The Scarlet Flower - A Russian Folk Tale
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. Diodorov, Boris. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, cloth backed boards. A Russian Beauty and the Beast. Illustrated in vivid color throughout by Boris Diodorov. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
The Arabian Nights
New York: Morrow/Books of wonder, 1992. Foreman, Michael. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., small 4to, full navy cloth , illustrated in color by Michael Foreman. fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks,
The Arabian Nights (signed)
London: Gollancz, 1992. Foreman, Michael. Hardcover. #134 of 200 copies signed and numbered by Brian Alderson and illustrator Michael Foreman. Decorated endpapers, delightful watercolors throughout, full page, two page spreads and smaller, all edges gilt. 4to, full navy cloth with color cover plate, fine in very good, quite snug slipcase.....
Andersen's Fairy Tales
London: Paul Hamlyn, 1967. Trnka, Jiri. Hardcover. 4to, full cloth, 280pp of stories illustrated in color and line by Jiri Trnka. Very good in very good, price-clipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
The Emperor's Nightingale
New York: Schocken Books, 1981. Lemoine. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Small square 8vo, illustrated boards, illustrated in color throughout by Lemoine, the translation in to English by Erik Christian Haugard. Very good in edgeworn dj.
Michael Hague's Favorite Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1981. Hague, Michael. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., Large 8vo, full blue cloth, illustrated in color by Hague. Fine in fine, price-clipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
The Emperor's Nightingale
New York: Disney Press, 1992. Disney Archives. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. oblong 4to picture book, pictorial boards, a Mickey Mouse version of the fairy tale with illustrations from the Disney Archives. As new in unclipped dj.
Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen
New York: Oxford University Press, 1945. Tudor, Tasha. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 8vo, full blue cloth, 28 of the classic tales illustrated by Tasha Tudor with a half-page pencil sketch at the beginning of each story and 10 full page color pictures. Light fading to extremities. Near fine in.....
Hans Andersen - His Classic Fairy Tales
New York: Doubleday, 1978. Foreman, Michael. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st ptg., small 4to, full blue cloth stamped in gilt, illustrated by Michael Foreman in watercolor and wash. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
Andersen, Hans Christian (Stories by)
Parsippany: Unicorn, 1990. Adams, Michael. 1st. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Large 4to full green leatherette stamped in gilt with color cover plate, illustrated in color by Michael Adams. Fine, no dj as issued.
The Emperor and the Nightingale
Saxonville: Rabbit Ears Books, 1988. Van Nutt, Robert. Hardcover. Oblong 4to picture book, pictorial laminated boards. Handsomely illustrated in colorful Chinese style by Robert Van Nutt. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
The Emperor's New Clothes
Morris Plains: Unicorn Publishing, 1989. Adams, Michael. Hardcover. Square 8vo picture book, illustrated boards, illustrated in color throughout by Michael Adams. Fine, no dj, as issued.
The Emperor's New Clothes
New York: Crowell, 1982. Rockwell, Anne. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., oblong 8vo picture book, cloth-backed boards, illustrated in cheerful color throughout by Anne Rockwell, fine in near fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
The Emperor's New Clothes
New York: North-South Books, 1986. Duntze, Dorothee. Edition not noted. Hardcover. 4to picture book, illustrated boards, illustrated in color throughout by Dorothee Duntze. Retold by Anthea Bell. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
The Emperor's New Clothes
New York: Minedition/Penguin, 2004. Rowe, John Alfred. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., square 4to picturebook, the classic tale with hilarious paintings by John Rowe. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
The Fir Tree
New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Burkert, Nancy Ekholm. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. according to publisher's code. Small 8vo, full olive cloth with color cover plate, illustrated in color and pencil drawing by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.