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The Wonder Book of Famous Tales : favourite children's stories from times past and present

Book
ca. 1954 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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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Object type
TitleThe 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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4cm
  • Width: 18.5cm
  • Depth: 2.8cm
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
Collection
Library number
38041803024405

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Record createdAugust 12, 2016
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