Old and New World Fairy Tales
[iv], 360pp, with colour plate frontispiece and seven further colour plate illustrations, all by William Stobbs. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Richly decorated endpapers. 8vo. Cloth patchily faded, a little rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. Text block edges dust dulled. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A collection of traditional fairy tales gathered from around the world, retold by Amabel Williams-Ellis. Includes Tar Baby, The Magic Bird, The Lambton Worm, Painted Skin etc.
