The Tall Book of Nursery Tales: Vintage first edition of an iconic book of classic nursery stories illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky.
Adapted by Artists' and Writers' Guild, illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky. 1944, first edition. Harper & Brothers, New York and London, publishers.
A Tall Book of classic fairy and folk tales adapted for young readers of the 1940s, in excellent condition with the original dust jacket.
CONTENTS
Little Red Riding Hood
The Three Bill Goats Gruff
Wolf! Wolf!
Three Big Sillies
The City Mouse and The Country Mouse
The Little Wee Woman
The Fox and The Crow
The Tortoise and The Hare
The Gingerbread Boy
The Little Red Hen and The Fox
The Little Red Hen
The Lion and The Mouse
The Foolish Milkmaid
Chicken Little
The Three Wishes
The Three Little Pigs
The Ugly Duckling
The Wolf and The Kids
The Straw, The Coal, and The Bean
The Pot That Would Not Stop Boiling
The Three Bears
Lazy Jack
The Little Woman and Her Pig
The Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs
Condition*: Fine/Near Fine. The dust jacket shows minor shelf wear along the edges; there's a small closed tear near tail of the spine.
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