Author: W. T. Stead [ed]; Brothers Grimm; Samuel Taylor Coleridge; et al.
Title: Books for the Bairns
Description: London, Review of Reviews Office; Books For The Bairns, c1896-1905. Cloth. An extensive collection of illustrated children's stories from the 'Books for the Bairns' series, in uniform quarter cloth bindings with the original wraps bound in. An extensive sixty-two volume set featuring numbers; 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 14, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 46, 47, 55, 56, 64, 65, 66, 67, 73, 77, 78, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, and 113 of the 'Books for the Bairns series&apos.Illustrated with charming monochrome vignettes. This set features a collection of volumes from the 'Books for the Bairns' series, which was edited by William Thomas Stead and provided a series of fairy tales, classical literature, and stories from around the world for children. Many advertisements to the front and rears of the volumes. Bound in quarter cloth with paper to the boards, with the original wrappers bound in. This set includes; "Tales and Wonders of Jesus", "Nursery Tales", "Reynard the Fox", "Cinderella and Other Fairy Tales", "Pilgrim"s Progress", Pilgrim"s Progress Part II", "Grimm"s Fairy Tales", "Eyes and no Eyes", "Twice One Are Two", "Baron Munchausen", "Tale of a Donkey"s Life", "Sinbad the Sailor", "Aesop"s Fables", "Robinson Crusoe Part I", "Perseus the Gorgon Slayer", "Famous Stories From English History", "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp", "Hymns with Pictures", "Great Events in British History", "The Stolen Princess", "seven Champions of Christendom", "Tom Thumb"s Adventures", "Fairy Tales From Flowerland", "Punch and Judy", "Labours of Hercules", "Stories From Sandford and Merton", "The Sleeping Beauty", "From January to December", "Country Scenes", "Indian Fairy Tales", "Stories From Ancient Rome", "Uncle Tom"s Cabin Part I" and "Uncle Tom"s Cabin Part II", "King Alfred the Great", "Don Quixote", "Fairy Tales From Persia", "Fairy Tales From Japan", "Dick Whittington: A Musical Play", "John Gilpin", "Stories From Chaucer", "Illustrated School Regitations", "The Babies in the Wood", "Animal Stories", "Little Snow White", "A Seaside Story", "Life"s Little Ones", "Beauty and the Beast: A Fairy Play", "New Nursery Tales", "Fairy Tales From New Zealand", "Joseph and His Brethren", "Coleridge"s Ancient Mariner", "Budge and Toddie", "The Quest of the Golden Fleece", "The Jolly Family at the Seaside", "A Picture-Book for the Bairns", "Recitations for Schools", "Sunday"s Bairn", "The Fairy of the Snowflakes", "The King and the Woodcutter", "Thor and the Giants", "Kingsley"s Water Babies Part I", and "Hiawatha in Prose". Bound in quarter cloth with paper to the boards, with the original wrappers bound in. Externally generally smart with fading to the boards and spines, staples rusted, marks to the boards to several of the volumes, and closed tears to the spines to several of the volumes. Internally, binding to many volumes tender with separation from the text block and the boards, others generally firm. Pages age toned with occasional handling marks. Good . Ill.: Brinsley Le Fanu; George Cruikshank. Good .

Keywords: Books for the Bairns The Pilgrim's Progress Children's books Fairy tales The Pilgrim's Progress Brinsley Le Fanu; George Cruikshank


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