These are C.S. Evans's expanded prose retellings of two fairy tales, written around 1919-20. In Cinderella, the household drudge, helped by her godmother's magic, goes to the prince's ball, loses a glass slipper, and is identified when the slipper fits. In The Sleeping Beauty, Evans follows the Grimm Briar-Rose line: a princess cursed at her christening by an uninvited fairy pricks her finger and sleeps with the castle for a hundred years until a prince wakes her. He lengthens both tales with invented household detail, feasts, and the heroine's accomplishments. The book is storybook narrative, not a scholarly folklore edition.
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4 Subjects| No. | Volume Title | Page Count |
|---|---|---|
| Vol. 1 | Cinderella, Retold by C.s. Evans and . Facsimile. a Colour Illustration Is Tipped in on Page [6]. Reproduced from Number 54 of the Edition de Luxe Published by William Heinemann in 1919 | — |
| Vol. 2 | The Sleeping Beauty, Told by C.s. Evans and . Facsimile. a Colour Illustration Is Tipped in on Page [10]. Reproduced from Number 618 of the Edition de Luxe Published by William Heinemann in 1920 | — |
Quarter-bound in white cloth with art parchment sides blocked in gold. One tipped-in colour illustration. Four silhouette illustrations heightened with colour. Numerous black and white illustrations including head and tail pieces in each book. Decorative endpapers. Presentation box bound in green cloth blocked in black and gold.
| Printing | Print Year | Notes |
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| 1st Printing | 2018 | — |