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CHILDREN’S FAIRYTALES, BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED - CHILDREN’S FAIRYTALES, BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED Shipping: Shipping and handling in the continental US will cost $20.48 - $22.53, depending on your location. Local pickup is always free! Please schedule on our website! Photographs are considered part of the description and condition and supersede all written descriptions. Converse does not authenticate or guarantee authenticity. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email or by telephone. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Converse Auctions shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Text Found in Images: Image 1: ALEXANDER he tan, tale of his of tsar son, Sal= the THE FIREBIRD glorious and mighty tanovich? and of the fair AND OTHER Swan-princess RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES Drawings by I.Bilibin Progress Publishers Moscow Illustrated by Boris Zvorykin Edited and with an Introduction by Jacqueline Onassis ALEXANDER he tan, tale of his of tsar son, the FIREBIRD glorious and mighty Guidon and of the fair AND OTHER Swan-princess RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES Drawings by I.Bilibin Progress Publishers Moscow Illustrated by Boris Zvorykin Edited and with an Introduction by Jacqueline Onassis Image 2: THE TALE OFTSAR SALTAN I DEDICATE THIS WORK TO THE RUSSIAN COMPOSER 1905 = THE TALE OFTSAR SALTAN I DEDICATE THIS WORK TO THE RUSSIAN COMPOSER 1905 = Image 3: Now his longed-for land so dear Sitting on his left and right, There's an island in the sea, Stands out in the distance, clear. Stared at him with all their might. Shores as steep as steep can be; Now the ship at anchor rests Tsar Saltan, with royal grace, And the merchants, honoured guests, Gave the merchants each his place, Nothing but an oak grew there. Palacewards their footsteps make Then he said: ”Now, masters mine, Now it has a new-built city, With our gallant in their wake. Sailed you far across the brine? Stately mansions, Now his longed-for land dear Sitting on his left and right, There's an island in the sea, Stands out in the distance, clear. Stared at him with all their might. Shores as steep as steep can be; Now the ship at anchor rests Tsar Saltan, with royal grace, Cheerless once, deserted, And the merchants, honoured guests, Gave the merchants each his place, Nothing but an oak grew there. Palacewards their footsteps make he said: ”Now, masters mine, Now it has a new-built city, With our gallant in their wake. Sailed you far across the brine? Stately mansions, Image 4: 10 Now Stan An Buzzed, and flying rapidly, Overtook the ship at sea 10 Now Stan An and flying rapidly, Overtook the ship at sea Image 5: Happy Valentine's 1979 Day! au my Love, Happy Valentine's 1979 my Love, Image 6: The Editor wish to DUP thank Andreas Brown of the Gotham Book Mart for bringing Boris Zvorykin's original manuscript to their attention and Gail Harrison for her valuable research assistance Introduction and English language translation Copyright © Viking Penguin Inc., 1978 All rights reserved First published in 1978 by The Viking Press 625 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022 Published simultaneously in Canada by Penguin Books Canada Limited Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: The Firebird and other Russian fairy tales. (A Studio book) Translation of Zhar-ptitsa, Vasilisa prekrasnaia, Mariia Morevna, and Snegurochka. Originally translated The Editor wish to thank Andreas Brown of the Gotham Book Mart for bringing Boris Zvorykin's original manuscript to their attention and Gail Harrison for her valuable research assistance Introduction and English language translation Copyright © Viking Penguin Inc., All rights reserved First published in by The Viking Press 625 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. Published simultaneously in Canada by Penguin Books Canada Limited Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under The Firebird and other Russian fairy tales. (A Studio book) Translation of Zhar-ptitsa, Vasilisa prekrasnaia, Mariia Morevna, and Snegurochka. Originally translated Image 7: question another mare and I question another mare high and I