The Wonder Book of Famous Tales : favourite children's stories from times past and present
Book
ca. 1954 (published)
ca. 1954 (published)
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Copy of 'The Wonder Book of Famous Tales', including stories by Aesop, Enid Blyton, Robert Southey, Charles Dickens, The Brothers Grimm, Washington Irving, Robert Browning, Hans Andersen, John Bunyan, E. Nesbit, A.A. Milne, Rudyard Kipling, Kenneth Grahame, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walter de la Mare, Charles Perrault, Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear and many others. It includes A.A. Milne's story 'Eeyore has a Birthday'. Illustrated by numerous artists: Dorothea Braby, Ernest Wallcousins, Ann Buckmaster, Fred Middlehurst, Barbosa, Maben, John Berry, Trefor Jones, Lilian Buchanan, Anthony Gilbert, T. R. Freeman, Stanley Herbert, Gertrude Mittelmann, Robert Pearce, R.Stokes, R.C. Atkins, Will Nickless, D.H.Ralphs, Norma Mansbridge, Charles Mortimer, Ru Van Rossem, Richard Kennedy. Case binding of light blue cloth over boards. Title in dark blue on spine with bands and flourishes. 256 p., [9] pages of col. plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Object details
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| Title | The Wonder Book of Famous Tales : favourite children's stories from times past and present (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Case bound illustrated book |
| Brief description | Book, 'The Wonder Book of Famous Tales', published in London by Odhams Press, ca. 1954. NAL Pressmark: 863.AA.0093. |
| Physical description | Copy of 'The Wonder Book of Famous Tales', including stories by Aesop, Enid Blyton, Robert Southey, Charles Dickens, The Brothers Grimm, Washington Irving, Robert Browning, Hans Andersen, John Bunyan, E. Nesbit, A.A. Milne, Rudyard Kipling, Kenneth Grahame, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walter de la Mare, Charles Perrault, Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear and many others. It includes A.A. Milne's story 'Eeyore has a Birthday'. Illustrated by numerous artists: Dorothea Braby, Ernest Wallcousins, Ann Buckmaster, Fred Middlehurst, Barbosa, Maben, John Berry, Trefor Jones, Lilian Buchanan, Anthony Gilbert, T. R. Freeman, Stanley Herbert, Gertrude Mittelmann, Robert Pearce, R.Stokes, R.C. Atkins, Will Nickless, D.H.Ralphs, Norma Mansbridge, Charles Mortimer, Ru Van Rossem, Richard Kennedy. Case binding of light blue cloth over boards. Title in dark blue on spine with bands and flourishes. 256 p., [9] pages of col. plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
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| Credit line | Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier |
| Object history | Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier. Bookplate on upper pastedown reads: "From the Library of Anne Renier and F.G. Renier." Initialled in ink "AR" (ie. Anne Renier) on lower flyleaf. |
| Other number | 863.AA.0093 - NAL Pressmark |
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| Library number | 38041803024405 |
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| Record created | August 12, 2016 |
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