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Grimm's fairy tales / with an introduction by John Ruskin ; illustrated by Charles Folkard

Description: This collection contains nearly 600 monographs published by the British publishing firm A & C Black from the late 1800s through the 1950s (bulk 1901-1936). Many of the volumes were published as part of the firm's successful "Colour Books" series and contain color plates and pictorial cloth bindings. The titles in the collection cover a variety of subjects including travel in Great Britain and abroad, antiquities, art, history of various civilizations, social life and customs of various cultures, natural history, literary classics and other literature (especially juvenile), gardening, military art and science, recreation, and transportation. Many of the firm's early 20th century series are represented by items in the collection, including the 20 shilling series; 7s 6d series; Artist's sketch book series; the "Peeps" series including Peeps at Many Lands; Beautiful Britain; Black's Popular Series of Colour Books; and Black's Water-Colour series. The collection also includes two non-A & C Black imprints by William Collins Sons and Co. and J.M. Dent.
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Twenty folk and fairy tales : from East to West / with eight illustrations in colour by Charles Folkard and others

Rare Books

This collection contains nearly 600 monographs published by the British publishing firm A & C Black from the late 1800s through the 1950s (bulk 1901-1936). Many of the volumes were published as part of the firm's successful "Colour Books" series and contain color plates and pictorial cloth bindings. The titles in the collection cover a variety of subjects including travel in Great Britain and abroad, antiquities, art, history of various civilizations, social life and customs of various cultures, natural history, literary classics and other literature (especially juvenile), gardening, military art and science, recreation, and transportation. Many of the firm's early 20th century series are represented by items in the collection, including the 20 shilling series; 7s 6d series; Artist's sketch book series; the "Peeps" series including Peeps at Many Lands; Beautiful Britain; Black's Popular Series of Colour Books; and Black's Water-Colour series. The collection also includes two non-A & C Black imprints by William Collins Sons and Co. and J.M. Dent.

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The water babies : a fairy tale for a land-baby / by C. Kingsley ; with four page illustrations in colour by Muriel Dawson

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Ottoman wonder tales / by Lucy M. J. Garnett ; with four page illustrations in colour by Charles Folkard

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John Halifax : gentleman / by Dinah Maria Mulock ; with illustrations by Oswald Moser, R.I. & G.F. Nicholls & an introduction by Gordon Home

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Aucassin and Nicolete / translated and edited with introduction by Harold Child ; illustrated by A. Anderson

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The constant fisherman / by H.E. Morritt ; with and introduction by Arthur Ransome ; illustrated by Raymond Sheppard

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Grimm's fairy tales / with an introduction by John Ruskin ; illustrated by Charles Folkard

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Twenty folk and fairy tales : from East to West / with eight illustrations in colour by Charles Folkard and others

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