- 10 stories
- New translation from the French (and Foreword) by Angela Carter, 1977
- "Translation of the collection generally known as: Contes des fées" --noted, {{LCCN|78-304710}} (not evidently quoted from the book)
- Story titles differ from the 1922 collection with the same title (as does the sequence from 2nd to 5th), but the same collection of 10 stories is translated
- "... for adult readers. Available in America only in this edition." --Avon Books advertisement, NY Times 1979-08-19 pBR8
- See also the prize-winning picture book anthology Sleeping Beauty & Other Favourite Fairy Tales (1982), whose text is 12 stories translated from the French by Carter – the same ten stories by Perrault plus two by Leprince de Beaumont. ISFDB presumes the ten Perrault/Carter stories to be identical in the 1977 collection and the 1982 anthology.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1977 |
|
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault | Gollancz | Collection | |
| April 1979 |
|
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault | Bard / Avon Books | Collection | |
| December 2010 |
|
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault | Petra Books | Collection |