Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales

Rip Van Winkle is a short story written by the American author Washington Irving, and originally published in 1819.

Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature.

Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for the French Red Cross is a stunning work, produced in the midst of the First World War, by a true genius of illustration.

Step into the land of the Tylwyth Teg (The Fair Folk) and the shadows of Arthurian legend.

The House of the Sleeping Winds and Other Stories Some Based on Cornish Folklore is a bright wholesome volume of stories, founded on the lore of the old-world Cornish folk.

This classic collection of Grimm's Fairy Tales was originally published in 1868.

This wonderful history of British folk and faerie lore focuses on Welsh tales and legends of fairy life.

In preparing this edition the effort has been directed mainly toward two ends: to make the great hearted man, Walter Scott, and his romantic highland poem seem real and attractive, and to make the pupil do as much of his own thinking as possible.

Christina Rossetti's famous narrative poem is a gothic fantasy, dangling two young sisters before sin and death.

La Belle Au Bois Dormant’ is the French-language version of ‘Sleeping Beauty’.

Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature.

Tales from Shakespeare is a collection of some of the Bard's best known and loved narratives, compiled and edited by Mary and Charles Lamb.

Grimm's Fairy Tales - Illustrated by Ada Dennis is a wonderful collection of classic fairy tales including 'Little Snow White', 'Rapunzel', 'Hop-O'-My-Thumb', 'The Three Little Men in the Wood', 'Snow White and Rose Red', 'Clever Grethel', 'The Giants Three Golden Hairs', and many more.

Grimm's Fairy Tales - Illustrated by Ada Dennis is a wonderful collection of classic fairy tales including 'Little Snow White', 'Rapunzel', 'Hop-O'-My-Thumb', 'The Three Little Men in the Wood', 'Snow White and Rose Red', 'Clever Grethel', 'The Giants Three Golden Hairs', and many more.

Puck of Pook's Hill is one of the lesser known tales of Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1935); the famed author of 'The Jungle Book'.

James Stephens' collection of Irish Fairy Tales is presented in this beautiful volume alongside gorgeous illustrations by Arthur Rackham.

'Peer Gynt', written by Henrik Johan Ibsen, is a five-act play, and one of the most widely performed Norwegian plays of all time.

This volume of the Golden Age of Illustration Series contains Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Princess and the Pea', first published in May of 1835.

This volume of the Golden Age of Illustration Series contains Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier', first published in May of 1838.

This volume of the Golden Age of Illustration Series contains Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Emperor's New Clothes', first published in May of 1837.

This volume of the Golden Age of Illustration Series contains Hans Christian Andersen's most famous tale 'The Little Mermaid', first published in May of 1837.

This volume of the Golden Age of Illustration Series contains Hans Christian Andersen's 'Thumbelina', first published in May of 1835.

This edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales is a fantastic collection classic stories including such well-known and loved stories as 'The Frog Prince', 'Hansel and Gretel', 'The Valiant Little Tailor', 'Cinderella', 'Snow White', 'Rumpelstiltskin' and 'Briar Rose'.

This edition of the Grimm's Fairy Tales contains sixty-eight of their classic stories, beautifully illustrated with the black-and-white drawings of Ruth Moorwood and a frontispiece by Harry Rountree.

The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm is fantastic collection of stories, decorated with Arthur Rackham's splendid illustrations.

Snowdrop and Other Tales was originally published in 1909, and contains a collection of classic fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm - all beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

'Grimm's Household Tales' contains fifty of their best-loved stories, edited and translated by Marian Edwardes, and illustrated by R.

This edition of Tales from Grimm is a fantastic selection of 16 stories, decorated with Wanda Gag's splendid illustrations.

This wonderful book contains 18 classic Brothers Grimm tales decorated profusely by the adored Mabel Lucie Atwell.

'Little Tales from Grimm' contains a delightful collection of stories from the Brothers Grimm - all re-told for children.

The Brothers Grimm are perhaps the best known folklorists of all time.

This collection of 'Fairy Tales from Grimm' contains forty-five of their best-known stories, beautifully illustrated throughout, by Gordon Browne.

This edition of the Grimm's Fairy Tales contains fifty-five of the Brothers Grimm's classic stories, accompanied by the beautiful black-and-white illustrations of John Hassall.

This edition of the 'Grimm's Fairy Tales - Illustrated by Charles Folkard' was originally published in 1911, and contains fifty-six of the Brothers Grimm's classic stories.

This collection of 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' contains forty-four of their best known stories, beautifully illustrated throughout by Monro Orr.

This collection of 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' contains a fabulous selection of fifty-two classic Brothers Grimm Tales.

The Allies' Fairy Book contains a selection of traditional fairy tales from the participants of World War One - compiled and edited by Edmund Gosse in 1916.

This beautiful collection of English fairy tales features the most beloved traditional stories alongside magical illustrations by Arthur Rackham.

The tale of The Sleeping Beauty is here retold by C.

Cinderella is one of the best known stories of all time.

Persian Tales - Kermani Tales - Illustrated by Hilda Roberts (Volume I) is a wonderful book and the first of two volumes of old Persian tales originating from the province Kerman, Iran.

'The Flower Book' is a charming volume, containing poems, stories and anecdotes about the wonderful array of British plants and flowers.

This edition of Grimm Tales Made Gay, contains parodies of many of the Brothers Grimm's narratives - as never seen before.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This early, extensively illustrated works is a fascinating collection of stories from the period and still an interesting read today.

I think that my best apology for the insignificant size of this volume is the very character of the material composing it.

"e;The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home"e; is a novella by Charles Dickens and the third in his "e;Christmas Books"e; series published after "e;The Chimes (1844) and before "e;The Battle of Life"e; (1846).

The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French contains a collection of stories, adapted and translated by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch.

Originally published in 1919, Some British Ballads is a collection of verses and narratives illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations is stunning work, produced in the midst of the First World War, by a true genius of illustration.