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Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.…

Leather. Zustand: Good. A fantastic anthology of English legends and fairy tales, including William John Thoms' tales of six English heroes, bound together with 'Tales from the Court of Oberon'. A newly revised and amended edition of Gammer Gurton's Famous Histories, by British writer William John Thoms, credited with coining the term "folklore" in 1846.Bound together with Tales from the Court of Oberon, an anonymous collection of fairy tales.Famous Histories comprises the historical legends of Sir Guy of Warwick; Sir Bevis of Hampton; Tom Hickathrift; Friar Bacon; Robin Hood; and The King and the Cobbler. Paginated separately. Count of Oberon comprises the tales of Tom Thumb, His Life and Death; The Children in the Wood; Valentine and Orson; and Graciosa and Percinet.Famous Histories illustrated with coloured frontispiece (from King and the Cobbler) and one hand coloured plate for each of the other five stories. Tales from the Court of Oberon illustrated with hand coloured frontispiece and fifteen hand coloured plates.Each story paginated separately.Collated, complete.In a contemporary half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards and endpapers. Retaining blanks.The name Gammer Gurton first appears in the 16th-century comedy Gammer Gurton's Needle, and from there it came to be used as the name of the typicalgrandmother. The 19th century saw it used for a number of children's books' titles. In a contemporary half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards and endpapers. Externally, joints are strained. Rubbing to the extremities, with minor loss to the spine head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the occasional spots. Contemporary ink inscription to the title page. Good. Frederick Tayler; John Franklin; John Absolon; Alfred Crowquill (illustrator). book.…