Grimm's Fairy Tales
by Brothers Grimm
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine copy in very good dust jacket
- Seller
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Pittsford, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Folio Society. Fine copy in very good dust jacket. 1949. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 206 pp.+plates, Translated by Eleanor Quarrie, with etchings by Cruikshank coloured by hand. .
Synopsis
Enchanting, brimming with the wonder and magic of once upon a time, the fairly tales of the Brothers Grimm are the special stories of childhood that stay with us throughout our lives. But most Americans know them only secondhand, in adaptations that greatly reduce the tales' power to touch our emotions and intrigue our imaginations. Now, in the most comprehensive translation to date, here are the classic fairy tales as the Brothers Grimm intended them to be-rich, stark, spiced
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Details
- Bookseller
- Abacus Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS106973I
- Title
- Grimm's Fairy Tales
- Author
- Brothers Grimm
- Illustrator
- Illus. by George Cruikshank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy in very good dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
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About the Seller
Abacus Bookshop
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Pittsford, New York
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- Folio
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