BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
(1990)
Lovely new edition of Beaumont's classic fairy tale, inscribed by illustrator Hilary Knight, with a brief afterword by Cocteau on the themes of secret disappointment and the "pangs of hopeless love."
France
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MR. MOGO MOUSE
(1930)
Beautifully illustrated Volland title about a boy and his mouse friend in Czechoslovakia, with an added French toy-maker tale.
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 WHITE CAT
(1990)
First printing of this retelling of a French fairy tale about a king's challenge to his three sons, and his youngest son's acquaintance with an aristocratic feline.
BERNIQUE
1948
First edition of this bucolic French fairy tale, a characteristically charming 1940s Père Castor publication.
THÉATRE D'OMBRES
1936
Complete shadow theater book for dramatizing two Perrault fairy tales, from the acclaimed children's book series with a Modernist point of view.
IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE
[1913]
First trade edition, second issue (bound entirely in cloth), an excellent copy, rarely found with the original box.
CONTE DU PETIT POISSON D'OR
[1933]
Scarce early Père Castor picture book, a Russian fairy tale vividly illustrated by Russian émigré artist Ivan Bilibin.
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