`THE FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
(RACKHAM) BROTHERS GRIMM
From Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 30 August 1999
From Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 30 August 1999
About this Item
A one-of-a-kind lovely binding, signed by SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE. Double gilt floral borders both covers. Panelled spine with gilt lettering and intricate panel designs. All edges gilt. Inner dentelles and marbled endpapers. A fine leather onlay vignette on front cover with four colors of leather and gilt outlining. The vignette is that of Ashenputtel (Cinderella) found adjacent to p.191 in the text. Ashenputtel can be translated from the German as "she with ash-covered feet". This edition was limited to 750 numbered copies, this being #586, SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM on the limitation page. A total of forty full-page color illustrations tipped-onto white thick paper, each with a protective captioned tissue-guard. Collated complete. There are an additional 55 drawings in black and white. 325 pp. This special edition was reprinted from the 1900 edition with added illustrations and larger pages. A total of sixty of the classsic Grimm fairy tales. The book is pristine, finely-bound, and housed in a custom box lined with white felt and edged with black leather. Please see photos. Latimore and Haskell p.34 and Riall p.97. Size: Quarto. Seller Inventory # 015785
Bibliographic Details
Title: `THE FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Publisher: Constable and Company, London
Publication Date: 1909
Binding: Full Deep Blue Morocco
Illustrator: Arthur Rackham
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Signed: Signed by Illustrator
Edition: Limited, Signed Edition.
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