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ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE SPIRIT: Two Lectures Given at Ascona, Switzerland, August 1945.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Analytical Psychology Club of New York, 1948. First edition - Topics include the meaning of the word "geist" (spirit) and much of the lectures discuss the spirit in fairy tales, and animal symbolism in fairly tales. Translated by Hildegard Nagel. 43 leaves (mimeographed on the rectos only). Errata slip laid in.
Condition: Good condition in the original blue-grey stapled wrappers (usual toning to the pages, some wear to the covers and the cloth spine..
Book ID: 53966More details Price: $75.00 -
BOY, SNOW, BIRD.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 89844More details Price: $60.00 -
TASHA TUDOR'S BEDTIME BOOK.
Edition: Later printing of the original edition.
New York: Platt & Munk, (1984, c 1977). Hardcover - One or two page retellings of classic fairy tales and poems, both well-known and uncommon - from Goldilocks and the Three Bears to Shingebiss, Billy Goats Gruff, the Star Dipper, the Sugar Plum Tree, and much more - designed to be read to children, and beautifully illustrated with Tasha Tudor's watercolor paintings. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-448472171.
Condition: Good+ in illustrated boards (a bit of wear to corners, name inside front cover), no dust jacket as issued. .
Book ID: 88253More details Price: $18.00 -
THE UGLY DUCKLING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Macmillan, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - An attractive edition of this classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, retold by Marianna Mayer and illustrated in full color by Thomas Locker. Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-027651304.
Condition: Very near fine in dark green boards in a good dust jacket with some edgewear, short tears.
Book ID: 88218More details Price: $18.50 -
THE COACHMAN RAT.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (short tear and associated creasing at bottom of front cover of dj)
Book ID: 86219More details Price: $16.50 -
TUCKER PFEFFERCORN: An Old Story Retold.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A contemporary retelling of a fairy tale - "Rumpelstiltskin"-in a Southern setting. Instead of a king, there is the greedy and brutal Hezakiah Sweatt and the heroine is a sweet young widow with a baby daughter. Beautifully illustrated with watercolor paintings by Moser. Unpaginated, oblong format. ISBN: 0-316585424.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 85311More details Price: $20.00 -
THE UGLY DUCKLING.
Edition: First printing.
Madison, WI: Putnam, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - An atmospheric retelling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale of a downtrodden "duckling" who discovers he's actually a swan, beautifully illustrated with many full-page illustration, as well as several two-page illustrations in acrylic paints with oil glazing. Oversized format, 38 pp. ISBN: 0-399221581.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81362More details Price: $21.50 -
THE FORTY THIEVES: Marjanas Tale.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Yellow Jacket, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A retelling of the One Thousand and One Nights tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," set in tenth-century Baghdad, told from the perspective of Marjana, the girl who saves Ali Baba. SIGNED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. Author's note. 269 pp. ISBN: 978-1499809459.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 79455More details Price: $28.50 -
THE FORTY THIEVES: Marjanas Tale.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Yellow Jacket, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A retelling of the One Thousand and One Nights tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," set in tenth-century Baghdad, told from the perspective of Marjana, the girl who saves Ali Baba. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Author's note. 269 pp. ISBN: 978-1499809459.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 79454More details Price: $28.50 -
THE MATISSE STORIES.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Random House, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A small and elegant volume of 3 stories, each touched in a different way by the paintings of Matisse and each illustrated with a drawing by Matisse. SIGNED on the title page by the author. 134 pp. ISBN: 0-679-438823.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket (crease to bottom edge of rear cover of dj.)
Book ID: 77015More details Price: $45.00 -
BOY, SNOW, BIRD.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (embossed seal of previous owner).
Book ID: 75354More details Price: $18.00 -
HERE ALL DWELL FREE: Stories To Heal the Wounded Feminine.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (scattered penciled underlining, name and small stamp on front endpaper).
Book ID: 74046More details Price: $25.00 -
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN: EUROPEAN WITNESS.
Edition: First edition.
New Haven: Yale University Press, (2014) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first work in English to examine the entire body of Andersen's writings, his extensive travels, and to place his work in the context of European literature. Frontispiece, extensive notes, index. ix, 482 pp. ISBN: 978-0300169232.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 72390More details Price: $24.50 -
LETTERS TO ZELL.
Edition: Trade paperback original.
Seattle: 47North, (2015). SIGNED - A modern interpretation of the fairy-tale stories which explores what happens when the women (Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty) "abandon the stories they didn t write for themselves and go completely off script to follow their dreams." SIGNED on the title page and dated at Sasquan 2015. 326 pp. ISBN: 978-1477829622.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy)
Book ID: 64381More details Price: $21.50 -
LUCKY HANS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: North-South Books, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - A retelling of this classic Grimm Brothers folk tale about Hans who starts home with a lump of gold, but he keeps making worse and worse trades until he is finally "lucky" enough to return home empty-handed! What an optimist. Illustrated in full color by the Czechoslovakian artist Eugen Sopko. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-805000097.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 64151More details Price: $16.50 -
JACK THE GIANT-KILLER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ace Books, (1987.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A recreation of the classic fairy tale set on the streets of modern-day Canada. SIGNED on the title page and dated '11. Introduction and foreword by De Lint. Frontispiece and dust jacket art by Thomas Cantry. vii, 202 pp. ISBN: 0-441-379699.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new but with the usual toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 53856More details Price: $50.00 -
MIRROR MIRROR.
Edition: First printing.
New York HarperCollins, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth novel from the author who writes about famous villains from our favorite fairy tales. Set in early 16th cenury Renaissance Italy where Maguire draws a connectionbetween the poison apple in the original Snow White story and Borgia family's propensity for poisoning its victims. Illustrated. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-06-039384x.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (blind embossed seal on front endpaper.)
Book ID: 52493More details Price: $16.50 -
LOS HIJOS DEL SULTAN (a story from the One Thousand and One Nights.)
Edition: First edition.
Buenos Aires: Editorial Abril, (1949.). Hardcover first edition - Adaptacion del famoso cuento de las 1,001 noches. Illustraciones de Aniano Lisa. En espanol. Children's book illustrated in full color and duo-tone, Large format, unpaginated.
Condition: Very good overall in illustrated boards - usual toning to the pages, spine splitting, A fragile and very uncommon books
Book ID: 51697More details Price: $45.00 -
MIRROR MIRROR.
Edition: First printing.
New York HarperCollins, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth novel from the author who writes about famous villains from our favorite fairy tales. Set in early 16th cenury Renaissance Italy where Maguire draws a connectionbetween the poison apple in the original Snow White story and Borgia family's propensity for poisoning its victims. Illustrated. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-06-039384x.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 50303More details Price: $18.00 -
MIRROR MIRROR.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York HarperCollins, (2004). Another great book from the author who writes about famous villains from our favorite fairy tales. Set in early 16th cenury Renaissance Italy where Maguire draws a connectionbetween the poison apple in the original Snow White story and Borgia family's propensity for poisoning its victims. 208 pp plus a preview selection from 'Son of a Witch.'. ISBN: 0-06-0988657.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 43957More details Price: $9.50 -
MYTHS TO LIE BY
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Berkeley, CA: Ata Books, 1984. First edition - An entertaining collection of essays on topics ranging from why Bryant has chosen to self-publish her books, to how to talk to an author, and a discussion of fairy tales. 191 pp. ISBN: 0-931688-124.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 43288More details Price: $15.00 -
CAN'T CATCH ME and Other Twice-Told Tales.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.
San Francisco: Tachyon Publications, (2006.). SIGNED first edition - SIGNED on the title page. "Fairy tales for the tough-minded" by this award-winning author - twice-told, the familiar stories are newly revealed, from the unrepentent Gingerbread Man of the title story and his tirades against overprotective parents, meddlesome neighbors, and untrustworthy foxes, to the giant's wife who simply wants Jack out of the picture so that she and her mate may continue collaborating on poetry, these ironic tales introduce complex, emotional topics within a familiar context. Includes five original, previously unpublished works. 181 pp. ISBN: 1892391333.
Condition: Fine (a new copy.)
Book ID: 36285More details Price: $22.50 -
RESURRECTION: Poems.
Edition: First printing.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, winner of the 1995 Walt Whitman Award selected by Cynthia Macdonald. Dark monologues in which Frida Kahlo, Helen Keller, Diane Arbus, Alice Liddell (Alice in Wonderland), Patty Hearst, Snow White, Thumbelina and others - real and imaginary women transfigured by suffering - speak eloquently. 79 pp. ISBN: 0-807120588.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 31933More details Price: $19.00 -
RESURRECTION: Poems.
Edition: First printing.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, winner of the 1995 Walt Whitman Award selected by Cynthia Macdonald. Dark monologues in which Frida Kahlo, Helen Keller, Diane Arbus, Alice Liddell (Alice in Wonderland), Patty Hearst, Snow White, Thumbelina and others - real and imaginary women transfigured by suffering - speak eloquently. 79 pp. Review copy with slip laid in. ISBN: 0-807120588.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 31932More details Price: $22.00 -
THE WELL AT THE END OF THE WORLD.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: SIGNED by the author, Robert D. San Souci, on the title page. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 30675More details Price: $30.00 -
MIRROR MIRROR.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York HarperCollins, (2003.). SIGNED first edition - Another great book from the author who writes about famous villains from our favorite fairy tales. Set in early 16th cenury Renaissance Italy where Maguire draws a connectionbetween the poison apple in the original Snow White story and Borgia family's propensity for poisoning its victims. Boldly SIGNED by the author on the half title page.
Condition: Fine (as new) in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 30524More details Price: $40.00 -
CINDERELLA and Other Tales from Perrault.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Henry Holt, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Eight classic fairy tales, including Puss in Boots, Sleeping Beauty and Tom Thumb, beautifully illustrated in full color by Michael Hague. ISBN: 0-8050-10041.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 22053More details Price: $35.00 -
MY LOVE, MY LOVE or The Peasant Girl, a Fable.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1990. First edition - An adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's "The Little Mermaid" set on a lush Caribbean Island - the basis for the musical "Once On This Island.". ISBN: 0-8050-16597.
Condition: Near fine in wrappers (previous owner's name, no creases, very clean). Hard to find in any edition.
Book ID: 21025More details Price: $15.00 -
A KINDERGARTEN STORY BOOK.
Edition: Second edition.
Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley, 1907. Hardcover - Includes original stories, and re-written or adapted stories for very young children (from the preface, 'to simplify, shorten and remove objectionable elements' - like the cruel stepmother in Cinderella.) 119 pages.
Condition: Good only in somewhat soiled beige cloth covers, gift inscription on front endpaper.
Book ID: 19996More details Price: $12.50 -
CINDERELLA and Other Tales from Perrault.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Henry Holt, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Eight classic fairy tales, including Puss in Boots, Sleeping Beauty and Tom Thumb, beautifully illustrated in full color by Michael Hague. ISBN: 0-8050-10041.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (gift inscription, price-clipped.)
Book ID: 19049More details Price: $25.00