A Book of Dwarfs
Bedtime Story Folklore Fairy Tale Illustrated Classics Children’s Fantasy Myths & Legends Collectible Children’s Literature Dwarf & Gnome Tales
A Book of Dwarfs – 1967 first-edition Methuen hardback – is the volume collectors reach for when they want the definitive Ruth Manning Sanders treatment of little folk. Between its sturdy, gold-stamped boards Robin Jacques supplies a full suite of dramatic b/w plates and spot drawings: bearded miners, midnight cobblers, mountain kings and trickster dwarfs sparkle on every second page. The stories themselves are drawn from Iceland, Germany, Scotland, France and beyond, retold in Sanders’ crisp, readable prose that keeps just enough antique flavour to satisfy purists while still delighting modern bedtime listeners.
This copy is clean, tight and unmarked: no book-plate, no inscriptions, no dog-eared corners, just the faintest shelf evidence on the jacket and front inner board. It is the perfect “reader-grade” copy for parents who want to share evocative folklore with ages 4-12, yet still collectible enough for the antiquarian shelf. Because the 1967 print-run was modest and most copies were loved to pieces in nurseries, firsts in this condition are increasingly scarce online.
Owning this edition means possessing both a nostalgic children’s fantasy classic and a piece of mid-century illustration history—Robin Jacques’ line-work here is considered a high-water mark alongside his celebrated brothers Grimm and Hans Andersen titles. Keywords that surface this gem: 1967 first edition Ruth Manning Sanders, Robin Jacques dwarf illustrations, vintage fairy-tale hardcover, collectible children’s folklore, gnomes and dwarfs picture book.
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