THE PIECE OF FIRE AND OTHER HAITIAN TALES
(1964)
First edition of this collection of twenty-six tales gathered by folklorist Harold Courlander, with charming illustrations.
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EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON
(1969)
Revised and updated edition of this collection of 21 Norwegian folktales, with dreamy illustrations and a new introduction by the d'Aulaires.
THE RACE OF THE GOLDEN APPLES
(1991)
First printing of this retelling of the myth of Atalanta, who refuses to marry unless her suitor can beat her in a foot race – with beautiful illustrations by award-winning artistic duo Leo and Diane Dillon.
THE GIRL WHO DREAMED ONLY GEESE
(1997)
First printing, signed by the author and both illustrators, of this collection of retellings of Inuit stories, illustrated with Leo and Diane Dillon's "dramatic color paintings and exquisite black-and-white friezes" (jacket).
HARVEY THE FOOLISH PIG
(1988)
First edition of this adaptation of an Armenian folk tale with great color illustrations by the author.
MONSTER ROLLING SKULL AND OTHER NATIVE AMERICAN TALES
(1980)
First edition of this collection of nine Native American stories, many featuring the trickster Coyote.
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."
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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.
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.
INGOLDSBY LEGENDS
1907
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.
WHICH WAS WITCH?
(1963)
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.
THE ANIMAL STORY BOOK
1896
First edition, first printing of this collection of animal tales, accompanied by occasionally psychedelic illustrations.
THE RED FAIRY BOOK
1890
First edition of the second title in Lang's color fairy book series, containing classic French, Russian, Danish, and Norse tales – with a laid in autograph note from Lang.
LE ROMAN DE RENARD
(1925)
First printing of this collection of tales from the ancient cycle of Reynard the Fox, the prototypical trickster figure – with stylish illustrations.
THE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAY
(2001)
Signed first printing of this Scottish-Norwegian fairytale, thematically similar to CINDERELLA – with charming illustrations by Anita Lobel.
THREE LITTLE PIGS AND OTHER STORIES
(1929)
Miniature edition of children's tales, a charming, chunky production containing "Three Little Pigs" (not the tale with the wolf), "Betty Brighteyes" (about a mouse), "The Magic Whistle," and "The Shipwreck."
OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG
1903
McLoughlin Brothers Pleasewell Series edition of this Mother Goose folktale, printed on cloth.
WHY LEOPARD HAS SPOTS: DAN STORIES FROM LIBERIA
(1998)
First edition of this collection of stories from the Dan people of Liberia, many featuring the clever but unlucky Spider.
IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE
[1913]
Lavish signed limited edition of this fairy-tale collection, illustrated with an Art Deco take on 18th-century French styles.
IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE
[1913]
First trade edition, second issue (bound entirely in cloth), an excellent copy, rarely found with the original box.
LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER
(1917)
Signed limited edition of this lavish illustrated collection of Grimm tales, including Snow White – one of only 525 numbered copies signed by Rackham, with the additional signed color plate.
ZLATEH THE GOAT
(1966)
Signed later printing of Singer's adaptations of tales from Jewish folklore, inscribed by Sendak.
THE FOOLS OF CHELM
(1973)
First printing of this slapstick tale for children derived from Jewish folklore.
THE MAGIC WALL
(1970)
First edition of this reimagining of a traditional Austrian folktale, with striking illustrations.
ELFWYN'S SAGA
(1990)
First printing of Wisniewski's interpreation of this Icelandic legend about the a blind girl with the gift of second sight.
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