London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1900, 1893. Hardcover. This charming pair of educational fairy books are the work of “A.L.O.E.” (A Lady of England), the prolific writer and missionary Charlotte Maria Tucker (1821-1893). In Fairy Know-A-Bit a “spoilt little boy” and his companion learn a thing or two from the..... More

London: Chatto & Windus Piccadilly, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. From the dancing sailor adorning its front cover in gilt to the 56 woodcuts illustrating its ballads within, this 1888 first edition of Modern Street Ballads is an ode to a tradition lost to centuries past, when, as the author so..... More

Philadelphia: D. G. Brinton, 1890. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 3/8". xii, [ii], 15-95pp. Decorative bookplate to front pastedown: Ex Libris J. F. Brooks Collection of Cherokeeana." Bound in full deep burgundy cloth over boards, with boards bordered in blind and spine lettered in gilt. Moderate wear to binding, with..... More

n.p. H. M. Caldwell Co., circa 1880. Pastel Edition. Hardcover. “There are forces around us, and among us, which I shall ask you to call fairies, and these are ten thousand times more wonderful, more magical, and more beautiful in their work, than those of the old fairy tales. They..... More

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. This collection of creation and animal myths, legends, and tales from the Wintu and Yana indigenous peoples of Northern California is the work of the ethnographer, folklorist, and translator Jeremiah Curtin (1835–1906), who from 1883 to 1891 served as a field..... More

Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co., circa 1920. Hardcover. Feast your eyes on this circa 1920s fairy tale collection, fully illustrated by Gustave Dore and many others! Inside these hundred-year-old pages, you’ll find favorites from "Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" to "Beauty and the Beast," charmingly illustrated throughout in black-and-white..... More

London: J. F. Dove, 1826. Dove's English Classics. Leather bound. 5" X 3". xvi, [iii], 18-354pp. Bound in full early 19th century red calf, with spine stamped in gilt and lettered in kind over black leather title label. Moderate wear to binding, with corners bumped and turned in, stains to..... More

New York: Haper Colophon Books, 1976. Paperback. 8" X 5 1/4". xvi, 256pp. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with toning, rubbing, and light creasing to covers and edges. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Crease to spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK:Here is a...... More

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1876. Hardcover. The Catskill Fairies opens upon the lonely Job, a twelve-year-old boy, who finds himself all alone in his grandfather's cabin nestled in the snowy Catskills mountains on Christmas Eve when he discovers that his grandfather clock, a seashell, and Job's own Angora..... More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1869. Hardcover. A very charming 19th Century edition of this collection of fairy tales by Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne PC (1829–1893). Knatchbull-Hugessen's fairy stories were wildly popular and highly regarded at the time, considered equivalent to masters of the form such as Grimm..... More

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 2016. Paperback. 8 3/8" X 5 5/8". A brand new complete 12 volume set of Andrew Lang's famous rainbow colored fairy tale books, including The Blue Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, The Green Fairy Book, The Orange Fairy Book, The..... More

Essex: Desert Island Books, 2000. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 1/2". 256pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and sound.ABOUT THIS BOOK:Was Vlad the Impaler the..... More

New York: Basic Books, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". xiii, 289pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Red cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and..... More