Muller’s Fairy Tales – A Complete Illustrated Bibliography
Introduction
Welcome to my illustrated bibliography of all of the books in Frederick Muller’s Folk & Fairy Tales series (also known as the World Fairy Tales Collection). These books were published between the late 1950s to the early 1970s – mostly by Frederick Muller, but several were also published by Follett. The books contain some lovely tales from countries all around the world, and all the ones I have read have been of a high standard.
Different countries are covered by different authors, and the black and white (no colour) illustrations are by a variety of different illustrators, but all are quality.
If you’re looking to collect some or all the books in this series, they can easily be collected separately, because the dust jacket for each book is often illustrated in the style of the regional tales being told, so the books don’t always look like a series. There are also several books created towards the end of the series which contain representative tales from many countries if you are interested in reading a sampler of stories.

African Fairy Tales by Kathleen Arnott, illustrated by Shyam Varma
Frederick Muller, 1967

Arabian Fairy Tales by Amina Shah, illustrated by George Buday
Frederick Muller, 1969

Fairy Tales from the Barbary Coast by Peter Lum, illustrated by Shyam Varma
Frederick Muller, 1967
*Fairy tales from Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco

Fairy Tales from Bohemia by Maurice and Pamela Michael, illustrated by John Lathey
Frederick Muller, 1968
*Folklore from the Czech Republic

Burmese and Thai Fairy Tales by Eleanor Brockett, illustrated by Harry and Ilse Toothill
Frederick Muller, 1965
Follett, 1967


Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, ed Lucia Turnbull, illustrated by John D. Batten
Frederick Muller, 1965
*Irish and British folklore

Danish Fairy Tales by Inge Hack, illustrated by Harry and Ilse Toothill
Frederick Muller, 1964
Follett, 1964


English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, illustrated by John D Batten
Frederick Muller, 1959

French Fairy Tales by Roland Grantt, illustrated by Patricia Morriss
Frederick Muller, 1958

German Fairy Tales by Maurice and Pamela Michael, illustrated by Hazel Cook
Frederick Muller, 1963
*A non-Grimm selection

The Magic Bridle and other Fairy Tales from Great Britain and Ireland by Forbes Stuart, illustrated by Richard O’Connor
Frederick Muller, 1974

Greek Fairy Tales by Barbara Ker Wilson, illustrated by Harry Toothil
Frederick Muller, 1966
Follett, 1968


Heroes of Kalevala by Irma Kaplan, illustrated by Barbara Brown
Frederick Muller, 1973
*Finnish folklore

Indian Fairy Tales by Lucia Turnbull, illustrated by Hazel Cook
Frederick Muller, 1965

Indonesian Fairy Tales by Adele de Leeuw, illustrated by Harry Toothill
Frederick Muller, 1966


Italian Fairy Tales by Peter Lum, illustrated by Harry and Ilse Toothill
Frederick Muller, 1972
Follett, 1963


Japanese Fairy Tales by Juliet Piggott, illustrated by Genjiro Mita (Muller) / Harry Toothill (Follett)
Frederick Muller, 1972
Follett, 1962


Mexican Folk Tales by Juliet Piggott, illustrated by John Sepnse (Follett)
Frederick Muller, 1973

Folk Tales from North America by Peter Lum, illustrated by John Spenser
Frederick Muller, 1974
*”9 Eskimo tales, 7 tales of the East Coast Indians, 6 tales of the Central Plains Indians and 6 tales of the West Coast Indians”

Norwegian Fairy Tales chosen and illustrated by Gert Strindberg
Frederick Muller, 1966


Fairy Tales from the Pacific Isles by A. W. Reed, illustrated by Stewart Irwin
Frederick Muller, 1969

Persian Fairy Tales by Eleanor Brockett, illustrated by Harry Toothill
Frederick Muller, 1962
Follett, 1968


Polish Fairy Tales by Zoë Zajdler, illustrated by Hazel Cook
Frederick Muller, 1966

Portuguese Fairy Tales by Maurice and Pamela Michael, illustrated by Harry and Ilse Toothill
Frederick Muller, 1967
Follett, 1965


Russian Fairy Tales by E.M. Almedingen, illustrated by Simon Jeruchim
Frederick Muller, 1957
→ Look for a copy on Abes (uncommon)

Scottish Folk Tales by Ruth Ratcliff, illustrated by Thomas R. Breheny
Frederick Muller, 1976
→ Look for a copy on Abes (uncommon)

The Sea King’s Gift and Other Tales from Finland by Zacharius Topelius, retold by Irma Kaplan, illustrated by Anne Knight
Frederick Muller, 1973

South American Fairy Tales by John Meehan, illustrated by Jose Pradera
Frederick Muller, 1970

Spanish Fairy Tales by John Marks, illustrated by Hazel Cook
Frederick Muller, 1973

Fairy Tales from Sweden by Irma Kaplan, illustrated by Carol Calder
Frederick Muller, 1957

Fairy Tales from Switzerland selected and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin
Frederick Muller, 1950
*Originally published as The Three Sneezes and Other Swiss Tales

Turkish Fairy Tales by Eleanor Brockett, illustrated by Harry and Isle Toothill
Frederick Muller, 1965
Follett, 1963


Famous Fairy Tales of the World by Juliet Piggott, illustrated by Michael Godfrey
Frederick Muller, 1965
*A selection of tales from the series

Myth & Moonshine by Juliet Piggott, illustrated by Sara Silcock
Frederick Muller, 1973
*A selection of tales from the series

Old European Fairy Tales by Irma Kaplan, illustrated by James Hunt
Frederick Muller, 1969
*A selection of tales from the series