1894-1895 The Banbury Cross Series: Cinderella & Jack and the Beanstalk; The Fairy Gifts and Tom Hickathrift; Jack the Giant Killer & Beauty and the Beast; Aladdin: or the Wonderful Lamp

Description

Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

Four volumes of 'The Banbury Cross Series', a twelve volume series of illustrated children's books published between 1894 and 1894, edited by Irish writer, Grace Rhys.

Present here are four volumes of the series, each containing either one or two fairy tales, and illustrated throughout with charming vignette and full plate illustrations:

1894, 'The History of Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper', and 'Jack and the Bean-Stalk'.

1894 'Jack the Giant Killer & Beauty and the Beast', illustrated by R. Anning Bell.

1895 'The Fairy Gifts and Tom Hickathrift', illustrated by H. Granville Fell.

1895 'Aladdin: Or the Wonderful Lamp', illustrated by Sydney H. Heath.

With the bookplate of Wilbur Macey Stone to the front pastedown of 'Aladdin', contemporary inscription and bookplate to front free endpapers of 'Cinderella', contemporary inscription to verso of front free endpaper of 'Jack the Giant Killer'.

A charming collection of seven classic fairy tales in four delightfully illustrated volumes.