THIS LITTLE PIGGY
First edition, first printing, the story behind the "This Little Piggy Went to Market" nursery rhyme, a great copy.
First edition, first printing, the story behind the "This Little Piggy Went to Market" nursery rhyme, a great copy.
Exceptionally beautiful signed first edition of Helprin's novella, adapted from the plot of the Tchaikovsky ballet.
First printing of this retelling of an Inuit legend of a young shaman who sets out to find a missing caribou herd, illustrated in a style reminiscent of the Dillons.
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.
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.
Uncommon first US edition of this Swiss "old verse with new pictures," a chain folktale with a variant known to English speakers as The Old Woman and her Pig.
Scarce early 20th century American Struwwelpeter, with bright and jaunty Walter Hayn illustrations.
Signed first UK edition of this collection of fairy tale favorites and lesser-known Brothers Grimm stories, illustrated by award-winning artist Nonny Hogrogian.
First printing of the Hogrogian-illustrated edition of the classic fairy tale, and using verses from 19th-century versions.
Inscribed first printing of this English translation of a Russian Cinderella story, featuring a magical talking doll and Baba Yaga.
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.
First edition of this scarce and striking interpretation of the opera from the noted Japanese artist.
Signed first printing of this vibrantly illustrated children's book, "a little fable about the senses, and about what is important to different people" (Hyman).
Signed first printing of this adaptation of an unusual Brothers Grimm story, the tale of how a wild man raises the young prince who rescued him and the prince's coming of age.
Signed first printing of this lesser-known Brothers Grimm tale of two brothers' quest to find a magical cure for their father the king.
Signed limited edition of Ibsen's fantasy play of goblins and fairies based upon a traditional Norwegian fairy tale, one of only 460 copies signed by Rackham.
First printing of this lovely fairy tale about the adventures of a tiny man as he meets, befriends, and sometimes battles fairies, dwarves, and insects.
Updated and expanded edition with Rackham's illustrations, first published in 1898 but here published in a new deluxe format with new work by Rackham.
Three large finished pen and ink drawings by the British illustrator, whose subjects include a witch with very attentive cat companion, a wizard caught lurking by two courtiers, and a tense throne-room scene.
Deluxe large paper edition, limited to 500 copies, featuring Japanese folk tales gathered by a Tokyo-born British woman.
Inscribed later printing with an original watercolor by Yashima, this illustrated collection of Korean folk tales "changed, elaborated, and combined" these stories for an American audience.
Turn-of-the-century Christmas Stocking Series book, featuring original fairy tales starring a boy-monkey named Snug that lives in Way-Over-There.
A title in the Altemus Wee Books for Wee Folks series, with every page of text facing a lovely full-page color illustration.
First edition of this detailed kid's narrative of the history of each animal in the visiting circus.
Signed early printing of this retelling of the beloved alarmist tale, this version featuring Foxy Loxy engaging in stolen valor – with original drawing of Chicken Little.