Folk & Fairy Tales

Cinderella & Robinson Crusoe (Two books in the Aunt Louisa Series) (USED)
Cinderella & Robinson Crusoe (Two books in the Aunt Louisa Series) (USED)
Cinderella & Robinson Crusoe (Two books in the Aunt Louisa Series) (USED)
Cinderella & Robinson Crusoe (Two books in the Aunt Louisa Series) (USED)
Cinderella & Robinson Crusoe (Two books in the Aunt Louisa Series) (USED)
Cinderella & Robinson Crusoe (Two books in the Aunt Louisa Series) (USED)
Cinderella & Robinson Crusoe (Two books in the Aunt Louisa Series) (USED)
Cinderella & Robinson Crusoe (Two books in the Aunt Louisa Series) (USED)
Cinderella & Robinson Crusoe (Two books in the Aunt Louisa Series) (USED)

Cinderella & Robinson Crusoe (Two books in the Aunt Louisa Series)

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Cinderella (Aunt Louisa Series): New York: McLoughlin Bros., no date (circa late 1880's); chromolithographs; covers creased, small tears; lightly soiled; binding intact; text has a few areas of foxing; colors bright. G

Robinson Crusoe (Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series): New York: McLoughlin Bros., no date (circa late 1880's); six chromolithograph plates; softcover; some creases and small tears; light scuffs and areas of soiling; binding intact; text has some areas of light foxing and color bleed. G

Dark Way: Stories from the Spirit World (Signed limited edition)

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A collection of folk tales, legends, and myths involving the supernatural, from cultures around the world. Beautifully illustrated by Lambert Davis; specially bound, limited to 250 copies of which this is number 12; signed by author and illustrator; black cloth in very dark blue slipcase; binding, text, slipcase all in pristine condition. Fine/Fine

East  of  the  Sun  and  West  of  the  Moon:  Twenty-One  Norwegian  Folk  Tales
East  of  the  Sun  and  West  of  the  Moon:  Twenty-One  Norwegian  Folk  Tales

East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Twenty-One Norwegian Folk Tales

$85.00
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1st edition, 2nd printing, 1939; no dust jacket; brown cloth with green stamped illustration on front cover; spine edges frayed; edges have light shelf wear; corners bumped; illustrated endpapers; binding good; text clean. G+

Every Leaf a Hallelujah

Every Leaf a Hallelujah

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The Guardian Best Children's and YA Book of the Year

An environmental fairytale that speaks eloquently to the most pressing issues of our times, from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Famished Road.

Mangoshi lives with her mom and dad in a village near the forest. When her mom becomes ill, Mangoshi knows only one thing can help her--a special flower that grows deep in the forest.

The little girl needs all her courage when she sets out alone to find and bring back the flower, and all her kindness to overpower the dangers she encounters on the quest.

Ben Okri brings the power of his mystic vision to a timely story that weaves together wonder, adventure, and environmentalism.

Kapaemahu

Kapaemahu

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An Indigenous legend about how four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirit, or Mahu, brought healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii, based on the Academy Award-contending short film.

In the 15th century, four Mahu sail from Tahiti to Hawaii and share their gifts of science and healing with the people of Waikiki. The islanders return this gift with a monument of four boulders in their honor, which the Mahu imbue with healing powers before disappearing.

As time passes, foreigners inhabit the island and the once-sacred stones are forgotten until the 1960s. Though the true story of these stones was not fully recovered, the power of the Mahu still calls out to those who pass by them at Waikiki Beach today.

With illuminating words and stunning illustrations by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, and Daniel Sousa, KAPAEMAHU is a monument to an Indigenous Hawaiian legend and a classic in the making.

Old  Old  Tales  Retold  (Donohue  Edition  in  original  box)

Old Old Tales Retold (Donohue Edition in original box)

$85.00
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M A Donohue, 1923, reprinting Volland Edition, illustrated with full page color plates by Richardson. Oblong, rust color cloth with paste on, in original box. Fine/VG

Paul Bunyan, illustrated by Rockwell Kent (USED)
Paul Bunyan, illustrated by Rockwell Kent (USED)
Paul Bunyan, illustrated by Rockwell Kent (USED)

Paul Bunyan, illustrated by Rockwell Kent

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Paul Bunyan was never "stumped," and no job was ever too big for him and his blue ox to handle. From Michigan to Minnesota, from North Dakota to the Pacific Northwest, wherever Paul went, he liked to do things in a big way.
    
In Esther Shepard's classic collection, the Paul Bunyan stories are superbly told in folksy narrative and robustly illustrated with Rockwell Kent's line drawings. These twenty-one tales about the super lumberjack are a unique American contribution to the world's folklore.

1st edition; no dust jacket; off-white cloth with navy blue title on cover and author, illustrator, title, publisher on spine; covers scuffed and lightly soiled; spine has one stain and some light foxing; hinges weak; text and illustrations clean. G

Poor Shaydullah (USED)
Poor Shaydullah (USED)

Poor Shaydullah

$85.00
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Beautifully illustrated re-telling of an old folk tale. 1st edition; dust jacket in protective cover; edges worn; spine rubbed and faded; corners chipped; gray cloth with design in black on cover and lettering on spine; edges faded; binding tight; text clean. G/G

Tajar  Tales
Tajar  Tales
Tajar  Tales
Tajar  Tales

Tajar Tales

$95.00
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First published in 1924, author Jane Shaw Ward created the stories about Tajar in a children's camp in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Retold in camps and family circles ever since, these delightful folktales remain rich in fantasy and imagination.

New York: The Woman's Press, 1947; revised edition; dust jacket in protective cover; cover creased and chipped; head of spine torn; gray boards with blue lettering; spine lightly soiled; illustrated endpapers; paper toned with age; illustrated by H.L. Drucklieb; binding good; text clean. G/G-

The  Happy  Prince  and  Other  Stories
The  Happy  Prince  and  Other  Stories

The Happy Prince and Other Stories

$95.00
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1st edition; dust jacket protected; spine edges chipped with about 1/2" missing from bottom; corners chipped; blue cloth with color illustration inlaid on front; binding good; text clean; illustrations bright. VG/G