A Book of Giants

Manning-Sanders, Ruth. A Book of Giants. Text illustrations by Robin Jacques. London, Pan Books Ltd., 1972. 12.5 x 19cm. 126 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear, spine sunned. [A Piccolo Book]. Nobody knows who first told the story of Jack and the Beanstalk: all the stories in this book are very old. Eighteen witty and spell-binding stories of giants who turn people to stone, pull up trees, flatten thunderbolts into pancakes, cast spells and take little tables out of their ears! [From jacket notes]