MOTHER GOOSE
(1915)
Scarce first printing of this stunning edition of classic Mother Goose tales, illustrated in color on every page – in the publisher's box.
Fairy Tales & Nursery Rhymes
BERNIQUE
1948
First edition of this bucolic French fairy tale, a characteristically charming 1940s Père Castor publication.
MONSTER ROLLING SKULL AND OTHER NATIVE AMERICAN TALES
(1980)
First edition of this collection of nine Native American stories, many featuring the trickster Coyote.
MICHAEL HAGUE'S FAVOURITE HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN FAIRY TALES
(1981)
First printing of this illustrated collection of beloved fairy tales, including "The Snow Queen," "Thumbelina," "The Little Mermaid," and "The Ugly Duckling."
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
(1983)
Signed first printing of this beautifully-illustrated retelling of the beloved fairytale, published before the Disney-fueled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST popularity wave.
THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF VIRTUES
(1995)
Signed first edition of this illustrated collection of moral tales and poems, including "The Honest Woodman," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," and "The Little Red Hen."
TEN LITTLE BEARS: A COUNTING RHYME
(1999)
Signed first edition of this adorable ursine counting book by husband and wife team Michael and Kathleen Hague, with lively illustrations.
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DE TUIN DER GODEN [The Garden of the Gods]
[1947]
Second edition, a lavishly illustrated survey in Dutch of myths and legends from Egypt, Greece, India, Scandinavia, and more.
JAPANESE FAIRY TALES [including "The Boy Who Drew Cats," "The Goblin Spider," "The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumpling," "Chin-Chin Kobakama," and "The Fountain of Youth"]
[circa 1915]
Beautifully intact set, scarce complete with original case and rice paper sleeves, with vivid color illustrations on fresh, crinkling crepe paper.
SLOVENLY PETER
[circa 1920]
Handsome copy in English of the classic German children's nightmare, with bright hand-colored illustrations.
THIS LITTLE PIGGY
(1997)
First edition, first printing, the story behind the "This Little Piggy Went to Market" nursery rhyme, a great copy.
THE FEMALE FIGURE IN FAIRY TALE LITERATURE
(1997)
Catalogue 33 from fairy tale specialist and antiquarian book dealer Dan Hirsch.
TOBY TWIRL IN POGLAND
[circa 1947]
A 1940s play on classic fairy tales, but with a pig hero: Toby rescues Princess Flower from a wicked witch and breaks the spell of sleep which lies over Pogland.
THE NUTCRACKER
(1984)
Signed limited first Sendak edition, one of only 250 numbered signed copies with a signed/limited lithograph by Sendak, this copy an out of series artist proof.
JIMMY SLIDERLEGS
(1924)
Scarce early 20th century American Struwwelpeter, with bright and jaunty Walter Hayn illustrations.
ABOUT WISE MEN AND SIMPLETONS
(1972)
Signed first UK edition of this collection of fairy tale favorites and lesser-known Brothers Grimm stories, illustrated by award-winning artist Nonny Hogrogian.
VASILISA THE BEAUTIFUL
(1970)
Inscribed first printing of this English translation of a Russian Cinderella story, featuring a magical talking doll and Baba Yaga.
BANTU TALES
(1970)
First edition of this collection of nineteen traditional tales, collected by a westerner teaching in the Kasai district in the 1930s, and edited by her Congolese pupil.
E. HUMPERDINCK'S HANSEL AND GRETEL
1971
First American edition of this scarce and striking interpretation of the opera from the noted Japanese artist.
MAUD HUMPHREY'S MOTHER GOOSE
1891
First edition of Maud Humphrey's interpretation of several MOTHER GOOSE tales, beautifully illustrated and with calligraphic text.
GNOMES
(1977)
First US edition of this charming book about the lives and habits of gnomes and their animal friends and troll adversaries, written like a field guide.
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
(1983)
Signed first printing of this classic fairy tale that Trina Schart Hyman had wanted to illustrate "ever since she was a little girl" (jacket), which earned a 1984 Caldecott Honor.
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
(1977)
Signed first printing of this retelling of the beloved fairy tale, with lush illustrations by award-winning artist Trina Schart Hyman.
SWAN LAKE
(1989)
Signed first printing of this retelling of the folk tale-turned-ballet by prominent ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn, with rich and hauntingly beautiful illustrations.
CHILDREN OF THE DRAGON: SELECTED TALES FROM VIETNAM
(2001)
Signed first printing of this collection of six Vietnamese folk tales, beautifully illustrated by award-winning artist Trina Schart Hyman.
