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    The juniper tree, and other tales from Grimm

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    Twenty-seven newly translated fairy tales from Grimm including many old favorites as well as such lesser-known tales as "The Juniper Tree," "Many-Fur," and "Brother Gaily."

    448817

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    The yellow fairy book

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    A collection of more than 40 fairy tales from the folklore of Hungary, Russia, Poland, Iceland, Germany, France, England, and the American Indians.

    645300

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    A sweet story

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    As a reward for completing her lessons and chores, a fairy appears and whisks Ella away to a land populated by characters and locations from the nursery rhymes and fairy tales that she loves so.

    489705

  • Cyrurgia parua Guidonis : Cyrurgia Albucasis cu[m] cauterijs [et] alijs instrumentis. Tractatus de oculis Iesu hali Tractatus de oculis Canamusali

    Cyrurgia parua Guidonis : Cyrurgia Albucasis cu[m] cauterijs [et] alijs instrumentis. Tractatus de oculis Iesu hali Tractatus de oculis Canamusali

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    Imprint from colophon. Work includes Abulcasis' [i.e. Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn ʻAbbās al-Zahrāwī] Chirurgia cum formis instrumentorum, translated from Arabic into Latin by Gerardus Cremonensis on leaves a6r-f6r; Jesus filius Hali's [i.e. 'Alī ibn 'Īsá al-Kahhāl] De oculis, translated from Arabic into Latin by Dominicus Marrochinus, on leaves aa1r-bb9v; David Armenicus' De oculis, translated into Latin by Canamusali de Baldach [i.e. 'Ammār ibn 'Alī al-Mausili?], on leaves bb10r-cc8r. Chancery folio, with paper measuring 29 x 20.2 cm. Printed in 2 columns; 65 lines; types, 180G., 130G., 74G.; spaces for capitals with guide letters; woodcut initials; woodcut illustrations of surgical instruments; printer's device at end. Foliation errors: leaves 5 and 39, first sequence, misnumbered as 4 and 41 respectively. Signatures: a⁶ b-d⁸ e-f⁶ aa⁸ bb¹⁰ cc⁸. Binding: 17/18th century sprinkled calf.

    86256

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    Household stories from the collection of the Bros. Grimm

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    A collection of fifty-three fairy tales and folktales from traditions around the world.

    608211

  • Trilby the fairy of Argyle

    Trilby the fairy of Argyle

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    Image of an advertisement for Trilby the Fairy of Argyle by Charles Nodier and translated by Minna Caroline Smith featuring a fairy kissing a woman on the cheek; decorative oval frame made up of dandelions and spider webs.

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