In this beautiful book of classic fairy tales, award-winning author Philip Pullman has chosen his fifty favourite stories from the Brothers Grimm & presents them in a`clear as water` retelling, in his unique & brilliant voice. From the quests & romance of classics such as ” Rapunzel”, ” Snow White” & ” Cinderella” to the danger & wit of such lesser-known tales as ” The Three Snake Leaves”, ” Hans-my-Hedgehog” & ” Godfather Death”, Pullman brings the heart of each timeless tale to the fore, following with a brief but fascinating commentary on the story`s background & history. In his introduction, he discusses how these stories have lasted so long, & become part of our collective storytelling imagination. These new versions show the adventures at their most lucid & engaging yet. Pullman`s ” Grimm Tales” of wicked wives, brave children & villainous kings will have you reading, reading aloud & rereading them for many years to come. ...

From the land of fantastical castles, vast lakes & deep forests, the Brothers Grimm collected a treasury of enchanting folk & fairy stories full of giants & dwarfs, witches & princesses, magical beasts & cunning children. From classics such as ` The Frog-Prince` & ` Hansel & Grettel` to the delights of ` Ashputtel` or ` Old Sultan`, all hold a timeless magic which has enthralled children for centuries. ...

For the past two centuries these delightful stories, gathered together & written down by brothers Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, have entertained & frightened children & adults alike. The lives of Tom Thumb, Cinderella, Rumplestiltskin & the Frog Prince form part of our common heritage: they stimulate the imagination & the heart, & linger at the back of our minds for a lifetime. They are funny, disturbing, wise & compassionate. They speak of joy & terror, happiness & revenge, love & violence. This beautiful Macmillan Collector`s Library edition of Grimm`s Fairy Tales is complete & unabridged, & features Arthur Rackham`s masterly illustrations, all h&-coloured by Barbara Frith, one of Britain`s leading colourists. Designed to appeal to the booklover, Macmillan Collector`s Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector`s Library are books to love & treasure. ...

Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.` The wolf thought to himself, ” What a tender young creature! what a nice plump mouthful
- she will be better to eat than the old woman. I must act craftily, so as to catch both.”` Collected by the German Grimm brothers, these folk tales have captured the imaginations of children & adults alike since they were first published in 1812. The best-known stories such as The Golden Goose, Hansel & Gretel, The Frog Prince, & Snow-White & Rose-Red remain as popular today as when first told, although there is an underlying darkness & violence to the original stories that has softened over time.
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` Once upon a time.` Once upon a time there was a book, & inside the book were princes who had been turned into frogs or ferocious beasts, princesses so beautiful they astonished the sun, faithful sweethearts & evil stepmothers, giants taller than mountains & a boy no bigger than your thumb, houses made from bread & cake & birds made from gold
- in fact, all manner of mysterious, monstrous & magical things. The book is in your hands. Read it happily ever after. It

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Material: In the Backstory you can learn to make your own gingerbread! Vintage Children`s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds & the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book & Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas & The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.




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Map No. 113, Grimsby 1824, in the Cassini Historical Series of old Ordnance Survey mapping of England & Wales at 1:50, 000 in a format designed to offer a convenient comparison with the present day coverage from the OS, & most locations in three different editions. Old historical maps have been combined so that the sheet lines correspond to the current Landranger series & reproduced with the scale changed from one inch to one mile to 1:50, 000. Most locations are covered by three separate maps, showing how the area has changed over the decades, with selected major cities also presented in a fourth edition. * Old Series: the first detailed survey mapping dating for most areas from the first half of the 19th century, in black & white & with relief shown by hachuring.* Revised New Series from 1880s/1900s, with some colouring & a mixture of hachuring & contour lines.* Popular Edition from the inter-war years, with contour lines & colouring to indicate woodlands, parks, etc.* New Popular Edition from the late 1940s, reproduced in the Cassini series for the major cities. Each map

Includes:: notes on the development of Ordnance Survey & the various series produced by them. For those interested in maps & cartography in general, the Cassini series also provides a fascinating insight into how Ordnance Survey cartographic style has developed over a period of over 100 years. Coverage

Includes:: present day Market Rasen, Louth, Manby, Saltfleetby St Peter, Alvingham, Saltfleet, Fotherby, Ludford, Walesby, Clacby, Binbrook, Ludborough, Fulstow, North Somercotes, Ashby cum Fenby, Tetney, Waltham, Beelsby, Caistor, Swallow, Great Limber, Keelby, Laceby, Heeling, Immingham, Ulceby, Easy Halton, Goxhill, Cleethorpes, Kilnsea, Easington, Welwick, Holmpton, Partington, Sunk Islands & Keyingham, with the Wolds, Covenham Reservoir, Spurn Head & the Mouth of the Humber.* PLEASE NOTE: Stanfords can also print on request mapping from all four series *centring the map on a location of your choice.* For more information please click on the link below.



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Map No. 113, Grimsby 1824-1924 (3-map set), in the Cassini Historical Series of old Ordnance Survey mapping of England & Wales at 1:50, 000 in a format designed to offer a convenient comparison with the present day coverage from the OS, & most locations in three different editions. Old historical maps have been combined so that the sheet lines correspond to the current Landranger series & reproduced with the scale changed from one inch to one mile to 1:50, 000. Most locations are covered by three separate maps, showing how the area has changed over the decades, with selected major cities also presented in a fourth edition. Old Series: the first detailed survey mapping dating for most areas from the first half of the 19th century, in black & white & with relief shown by hachuring. Revised New Series from 1880s/1900s, with some colouring & a mixture of hachuring & contour lines. Popular Edition from the inter-war years, with contour lines & colouring to indicate woodlands, parks, etc. New Popular Edition from the late 1940s, reproduced in the Cassini series for the major cities. Each map

Includes:: notes on the development of Ordnance Survey & the various series produced by them. For those interested in maps & cartography in general, the Cassini series also provides a fascinating insight into how Ordnance Survey cartographic style has developed over a period of over 100 years. Coverage

Includes:: present day Market Rasen, Louth, Manby, Saltfleetby St Peter, Alvingham, Saltfleet, Fotherby, Ludford, Walesby, Clacby, Binbrook, Ludborough, Fulstow, North Somercotes, Ashby cum Fenby, Tetney, Waltham, Beelsby, Caistor, Swallow, Great Limber, Keelby, Laceby, Heeling, Immingham, Ulceby, Easy Halton, Goxhill, Cleethorpes, Kilnsea, Easington, Welwick, Holmpton, Partington, Sunk Islands & Keyingham, with the Wolds, Covenham Reservoir, Spurn Head & the Mouth of the Humber. PLEASE NOTE: Stanfords can also print on request mapping from all four series centring the map on a location of your choice. For more information please click on the link below.



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Map No. 113, Grimsby 1903-1908, in the Cassini Historical Series of old Ordnance Survey mapping of England & Wales at 1:50, 000 in a format designed to offer a convenient comparison with the present day coverage from the OS, & most locations in three different editions. Old historical maps have been combined so that the sheet lines correspond to the current Landranger series & reproduced with the scale changed from one inch to one mile to 1:50, 000. Most locations are covered by three separate maps, showing how the area has changed over the decades, with selected major cities also presented in a fourth edition. * Old Series: the first detailed survey mapping dating for most areas from the first half of the 19th century, in black & white & with relief shown by hachuring.* Revised New Series from 1880s/1900s, with some colouring & a mixture of hachuring & contour lines.* Popular Edition from the inter-war years, with contour lines & colouring to indicate woodlands, parks, etc.* New Popular Edition from the late 1940s, reproduced in the Cassini series for the major cities. Each map

Includes:: notes on the development of Ordnance Survey & the various series produced by them. For those interested in maps & cartography in general, the Cassini series also provides a fascinating insight into how Ordnance Survey cartographic style has developed over a period of over 100 years. Coverage

Includes:: present day Market Rasen, Louth, Manby, Saltfleetby St Peter, Alvingham, Saltfleet, Fotherby, Ludford, Walesby, Clacby, Binbrook, Ludborough, Fulstow, North Somercotes, Ashby cum Fenby, Tetney, Waltham, Beelsby, Caistor, Swallow, Great Limber, Keelby, Laceby, Heeling, Immingham, Ulceby, Easy Halton, Goxhill, Cleethorpes, Kilnsea, Easington, Welwick, Holmpton, Partington, Sunk Islands & Keyingham, with the Wolds, Covenham Reservoir, Spurn Head & the Mouth of the Humber.* PLEASE NOTE: Stanfords can also print on request mapping from all four series *centring the map on a location of your choice.* For more information please click on the link below.



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Map No. 113, Grimsby 1923-1924, in the Cassini Historical Series of old Ordnance Survey mapping of England & Wales at 1:50, 000 in a format designed to offer a convenient comparison with the present day coverage from the OS, & most locations in three different editions. Old historical maps have been combined so that the sheet lines correspond to the current Landranger series & reproduced with the scale changed from one inch to one mile to 1:50, 000. Most locations are covered by three separate maps, showing how the area has changed over the decades, with selected major cities also presented in a fourth edition. * Old Series: the first detailed survey mapping dating for most areas from the first half of the 19th century, in black & white & with relief shown by hachuring.* Revised New Series from 1880s/1900s, with some colouring & a mixture of hachuring & contour lines.* Popular Edition from the inter-war years, with contour lines & colouring to indicate woodlands, parks, etc.* New Popular Edition from the late 1940s, reproduced in the Cassini series for the major cities. Each map

Includes:: notes on the development of Ordnance Survey & the various series produced by them. For those interested in maps & cartography in general, the Cassini series also provides a fascinating insight into how Ordnance Survey cartographic style has developed over a period of over 100 years. Coverage

Includes:: present day Market Rasen, Louth, Manby, Saltfleetby St Peter, Alvingham, Saltfleet, Fotherby, Ludford, Walesby, Clacby, Binbrook, Ludborough, Fulstow, North Somercotes, Ashby cum Fenby, Tetney, Waltham, Beelsby, Caistor, Swallow, Great Limber, Keelby, Laceby, Heeling, Immingham, Ulceby, Easy Halton, Goxhill, Cleethorpes, Kilnsea, Easington, Welwick, Holmpton, Partington, Sunk Islands & Keyingham, with the Wolds, Covenham Reservoir, Spurn Head & the Mouth of the Humber.* PLEASE NOTE: Stanfords can also print on request mapping from all four series *centring the map on a location of your choice.* For more information please click on the link below.



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Grimsby New Clee in 1906 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: the map covers the eastern part of Grimsby with the western part of Cleethorpes. Coverage stretches from Victor Street eastward to Suggits Lane, & from Harold Streeet northward to the docks. A major feature on the map is the Fish Docks, which appear in the top left corner. Other points of interest include New Clee Station & Blundell Park Football Ground, which was the original home of Grimsby Town FC from 1889. Sheets 22.03 & 22.04, which show the dock entrances, are included as an insert. On the reverse are street directory entries for Barcroft Street, Guildford Street, Harrington Street, Hilda Street, Stirling Street, Victor Street & Weelsby Street. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...