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Paperback. Very Good.

MP3 Audio CD. The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales From the Old French THE SLEEPING BEAUTY Once upon a time there lived a King and a Queen, who lacked but one thing on earth to make them entirely happy. The King was young, handsome, and wealthy; the Queen had a nature as good and gentle as her face was beautiful; and they adored one another, having married for love--which among kings and queens is not always the rule. Moreover, they reigned over a kingdom at peace, and their people were devoted to them. What more, then, could they possibly want? Well, they wanted one thing very badly, and the lack of it grieved them more than words can tell. They had no child. Vows, pilgrimages, all ways were tried; yet for a long while nothing came of it all, and the poor Queen especially was in despair. At last, however, to her own and her husband's inexpressible joy, she gave birth to a daughter. As soon as the palace guns announced this event, the whole nation went wild with delight. Flags waved… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales From the Old French THE SLEEPING BEAUTY Once upon a time there lived a King and a Queen, who lacked but one thing on earth to make them entirely happy. The King was young, handsome, and wealthy; the Queen had a nature as good and gentle as her face was beautiful; and they adored one another, having married for love--which among kings and queens is not always the rule. Moreover, they reigned over a kingdom at peace, and their people were devoted to them. What more, then, could they possibly want? Well, they wanted one thing very badly, and the lack of it grieved them more than words can tell. They had no child. Vows, pilgrimages, all ways were tried; yet for a long while nothing came of it all, and the poor Queen especially was in despair. At last, however, to her own and her husband's inexpressible joy, she gave birth to a daughter. As soon as the palace guns announced this event, the whole nation went wild with delight. Flags waved… Read More

Abaris Books, 1980. Hardcover. Good.

Dodo Press, 2009-04-17. Ill. Paperback. Used:Good.

UNITED STATES: Blackstone Audiobooks, 2013 Audio Book. Very Good. AudioCD. 3 BRAND NEW AUDIO CDs. NEW CDs sealed in the shrink wrap. Slight publisher remainder mark. Enjoy this NEW Audio CD performance, GIFT QUALITY for your home and library..

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Abaris Books, 1980-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

E-216: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good. 1916. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Hodder & Stoughton. No Date (circa 1916). 129 pgs. Illustrated with 30 tipped in Color Plates. . Bound in red cloth boards with gilt titles present to the front board and spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This sumptuous volume is a welcome follow-up to the earlier Calla publication of Dulac's Stories from Hans Christian Andersen. Edmund Dulac was second only to Arthur Rackham in his sensitivity to the world of fairy tales, and his style is at once exotic and elegant. The present edition contains four tales: "The Sleeping Beauty," "Blue Beard," "Cinderella," and "Beauty and the Beast" in artful retelling, but the main feature of the book is the generous offering of 30 full-page color plates in Dulac's inimitable style.… Read More