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Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales
by Grace James
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1910
- Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€366.85
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London: Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1910 A very good copy of the 1st trade edition in the original decorative cloth binding with tipped in colour frontispiece and 39 further colour plates by Warwick Goble. The binding is bright and clean. There is light scuffing to corners and spine joints, and there is pulling to the top and bottom of… Read more about this item Item Price
€366.85
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The Book of Romance
by Andrew Lang
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1902
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- Decorative Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€165.68
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London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902 A good copy of the 1st edition in the original blue gilt decorated cloth binding with tissue-guarded colour frontispiece and 7 further colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations by H J Ford as called for. With decorative endpapers with different designs front and rear. All page edges gilt.… Read more about this item Item Price
€165.68
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The Adventures of the Three Bold Babes.
by S Rosamund Praeger
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1897
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€142.01
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London, New York, & Bombay: Longmans, Green, & Co, 1897 A good to very good copy of an unusual tale of supremely confident infants, a sensitive dragon and wicked people. Rosamund Praeger is best known as a sculptor, but was also an artist, illustrator, poet and writer. She wrote and illustrated a number of books for children which tend to… Read more about this item Item Price
€142.01
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Old Tales from the North
by Peter Christian Asbjornsen
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- Decorative Cloth
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- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€497.03
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London : Hodder and Stoughton A very copy of this classic work with 24 tipped in colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations and designs by Kay Nielson. Undated but circa 1924 (there is an ink inscription on the fep dated 1924) and the third issue of this work by Hodder. The deep yellow cloth binding has black titles… Read more about this item Item Price
€497.03
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A House of Pomegranates
by Oscar Wilde
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- 6th
- Published
- 1915
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- Decorative Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€1,005.89
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London: Methuen and Co Ltd, 1915 A good copy of the scarce 6th edition of Wilde's work, being the first illustrated by Jessie M King. In the original decorative cloth binding with colour title page, 16 tipped-in colour plates and decorative endpapers. The binding has a bright front board with some scuffing and slight cloth loss to corners. Edges including… Read more about this item Item Price
€1,005.89
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The Grassy Stories
by Margaret Tait
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1959
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€189.34
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Edinburgh: Margaret Tait, 1959 Scarce original copy of The Grassy Stories in the original paper covered card binding. Margaret Tait is better known as a film-maker and as a poet, and was particularly inspired by the beauty of nature. Grassy Stories is a set of 9 short tales for children using names based around grasses and other plants. This copy… Read more about this item Item Price
€189.34
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Cocolo
by Bettina
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1945
- Binding
- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€118.34
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1945 A very good copy of Bettina's first work in good wrapper. The yellow binding has a title and the outline of a donkey in red on the front board. It is in very good clean condition with some browning to the bottom edges and light turning to corners. The contents are very clean and sound.… Read more about this item Item Price
€118.34
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The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
by Grimm; Mrs Edgar Lucas [translator]
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1909
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- Full-Leather
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€5,325.30
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London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1909 A near fine copy of the 1st enlarged limited edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 750 copies were produced and signed by Rackham, of which this is copy number 490. Issued with tipped in colour frontispiece and 39 further tipped in colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations and designs.… Read more about this item Item Price
€5,325.30
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The Romance of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table
by Alfred W Pollard (abridgement)
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1917
- Binding
- Quarter Leather
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€349.10
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London: Macmillan and Co., Limited , 1917 A very good copy of the 1st UK edition in the original decorative cloth binding with new matching leather spine and red title label. With 16 colour plates (including the frontispiece), 7 full page black and white plates and numerous designs by Arthur Rackham. The front board is very clean with bright gilt… Read more about this item Item Price
€349.10
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Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales
by Grace James
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Special Edition
- Published
- 1910
- Binding
- Half-Leather
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€946.72
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London: Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1910 A near fine copy of the 'edition de luxe' of which only 500 copies were issued. The original vellum binding has been replaced with a half calf binding with cream spine with title label and matching cream cloth. It is in fine condition. Contents with tipped in colour frontispiece, rubricated title and 39… Read more about this item Item Price
€946.72
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Stories from Hans Andersen with illustrations by Edmund Dulac
by Hans Andersen
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1911
- Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€360.94
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London : Hodder and Stoughton , 1911 A good copy of the first trade edition, in the original decorative cloth binding with 28 fine tipped in colour plates by Edmund Dulac. Dulac designed the edition and the work has decorative endpapers, decorative borders to pages and decorated leaves before each tipped in plate. The plate images have been much reproduced… Read more about this item Item Price
€360.94
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Folk-Tales of Bengal
by Rev. Lal Behari Day
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1912
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€1,242.57
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London: Macmillan and Co., Limited , 1912 A very good copy of the limited Edition du Lux of which 150 copies were issued. In the original full vellum binding with gilt decoration and titles to the front board and spine. Top page edges gilted; remainder untrimmed. With tipped in frontispiece and 31 colour tipped-in plates by Warwick Goble. Goble (1862-1943)… Read more about this item Item Price
€1,242.57
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A L'Est du Soleil et a L'Ouest de la Lune. Contes Anciens du Nord
by Edmond Pilon
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1919
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- Half-Leather
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€1,656.76
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Paris : H Piazza, 1919 A near fine copy of the French edition of East of the Sun and West of the Moon - Contes Anciens du Nord, limited to 1,500 copies of which this is no. 1370, printed on 12 November 1919. Printed on Japan paper with red and black title page and 24 colour plates by Kay Nielsen.… Read more about this item Item Price
€1,656.76
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The Pink Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1897
- Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€343.19
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London, New York, and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1897 A good copy of the 1st edition in the original pink decorative cloth binding with all page edges gilt. With numerous black and white illustrations by H J Ford. The binding has delicate gilt illustration to the front board which is bright. The spine is very sunned and… Read more about this item Item Price
€343.19
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Old Tales from the North
by Peter Christian Asbjornsen
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- N
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- Quarter Leather
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€1,124.23
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London : Hodder and Stoughton A near fine copy of the 2nd Hodder edition of this classic work with 24 tipped in colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations and designs by Kay Nielsen. Undated but circa 1915. With original red cloth with gilt illustration to front board, and new leather spine, with gilt-lined raised bands and title… Read more about this item Item Price
€1,124.23
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Undine
by De La Motte Fouque, W L Courtney [adaptation from German]
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1909
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€852.05
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London and New York : William Heinemann and Doubleday Page & Co, 1909 A good to very good copy of the 1st limited edition signed by Arthur Rackham in the original full vellum binding with tipped in frontispiece and 14 further tipped in colour plates. No 116 of a 1,000 printed. Top page edges gilted, remainder untrimmed. The untrimmed edges… Read more about this item Item Price
€852.05
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The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales From the Old French
by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1910
- Binding
- Full-Leather
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€1,177.48
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910 A very good copy of the limited edition of Sleeping Beauty signed by Edmund Dulac. No 598 of 1,000. In the original full morocco leather binding with gilt decoration to boards and spine, with tipped-in frontispiece and 29 further colour plates. Top page edges gilted. The binding has been rebacked, preserving the original spine which… Read more about this item Item Price
€1,177.48
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Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman
by Laurence Housman
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1920
- Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€355.02
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London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1920 A good to very good copy of a later, circa 1919/1920 edition with tipped-in frontispiece and 49 further tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac. This copy is larger format with boards measuring 28.2 cm high, 21.5 cm wide. The plates are distributed through the book and are on cream stock paper. The decorative cloth… Read more about this item Item Price
€355.02
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Sindbad the Sailor & other Stories from the Arabian Nights
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€1,656.76
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London: Hodder & Stoughton A very good boxed copy of the 1st trade edition in the original decorative cloth binding with 23 tipped-in colour plates, black and white illustrations and designs by Edmund Dulac. Undated but 1914. Unusually this copy is in its original box and wrap. The box has titles and a pasted plate to the top of the… Read more about this item Item Price
€1,656.76
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The Last of his Line. A Public School Story
by Gunby Hadath
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1914
- Binding
- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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€41.42
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London: S W Partridge & Co Ltd, 1914 A very good copy in the original cloth binding with gilt and black titles and illustrations to front board and gilt titles and illustration to spine. Contents with colour frontispiece and 5 further colour plates. The binding is bright with wear to the top corner of the front board (slight cloth loss);… Read more about this item Item Price
€41.42
