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Fairy tales - Great Britain - Early works to 1800

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    The Fairing: or, A golden toy for children of all sizes and denominations. In which they may see all the fun of the fair, and at home be as happy as if they were there. Adorned with a variety of cuts, from original drawings.

    | Date: 1783
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    The Fairing: or, A golden toy, for children of all sizes and denominations. In which they may see all the fun of the fair and at home be as happy as if they were there adorned with variety of cuts from original drawings.

    | Date: M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]
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    The Child's new spelling primer or, First book for children. To which is added the stories of Cinderilla, and The little red riding hood.

    | Date: 1799
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    A Fairy tale; or, The Aberdeen conquest. Giving a wonderful relation of Mary the wife of John Nelson, who was conveyed away in the night, from amongst her female attendants at the time of her lying in, and a corpseslest in her place, which they interred. How she afterwards appeared to her husband in the night and appointed the place and method for her escape, which was happily accomplished, to his great joy and content, and great surprise of the inhabitants of Aberdeen.

    | Date: 1799
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