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"The collection, from which the following Tales are mainly taken, is one of great extent, obtained for the most part by MM. Grimm from the mouths of German peasants. The results of their labors ought to be peculiarly interesting to English readers, inasmuch as many of their national tales are proved to be of the highest Northern antiquity, and common to the parallel classes of society, in countries whose populations have been long and widely disjoined.Our Gammer Grethel, the supposed narrator of the stories [existed] under a different name. She was the Frau Viehm nnin, the wife of a peasant in the neighborhood of Hesse-Cassel; and from her mouth, a great portion of the stories were written down by MM. Grimm." (from the preface, pp. iii-v). Twelvemo. [2], xii, [2], 350 pp. Title page printed in black and red. Engraved frontisportrait. Engravings by Byfield from George Cruikshank's and Ludwig Grimm's designs. Orange cloth stamped decoratively in blind and gilt, rebacked with original gilt-decorated spine laid down. All edges gilt. Binding extremities lightly rubbed. Cloth slightly soiled and toned. Very minor foxing, the occasional small stain, and slight browning to edges. A very good copy. First Cundall edition of a work published in 1823-26 as German Popular Tales. For the present edition, the work was revised and rearranged with an emphasis on the tales rather than on literary criticism. These tales include some of Cruikshank's (1792-1878) best work. Ruskin called his illustrations for Grimm "the finest things, next to Rembrandt's, that, as far as I know, have been done.
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Decorative Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Anne Anderson (illustrator). First Edition. 1st Edition C1930. Title vignette, colour frontispiece and 15 similar plates, 20 full-page line-drawings and numerous similar in-text illustrations. First Anderson collected edition, originally published as two separate works: Grimm's Fairy Tales (Glasgow: Collins, 1922) and Andersen's Fairy Tales (Glasgow: Collins, 1924). Anne Anderson (1874-1952) was a prolific Scottish illustrator, primarily known for her art nouveau children's book illustrations. Book is fine and in beautiful condition. Contents good. Light foxing to page edges. The wrapper is near fine and very bright. Light edge rubbing. Price clipped. A beautiful example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 15038.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Arthur Rackham illustrator. 40 tipped in colour plates with tissue guards. black and white illustrations and designs. col. illus. e.p.'s orig. red cloth gilt. dec. sp. faded, sl. frayed top and bottom. a lovely example of the First Edition.
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Full Morocco. Condition: Very Good. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). First Edition. xv, [1], 325pp, [1], plates. Rebound in full morocco by Temple Bookbinders, raised bands, spine in six panels, title in gilt to second panel, illustrator to fourth, date to foot, panels with double fillet border, upper cover with the design from the original cloth replicated. Externally fine, internally bright and clean, complete with forty tissue-guarded plates by Rackham Size: 4to.
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First edition thus, trade issue. Rackham's 1909 edition of The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm was enthusiastically received. The Daily News noted "his best work is here, and all of his characteristic style", the Birmingham Post suggested "as a gift-book it could scarcely be surpassed" and the Guardian stated "Rackham's picture books have become one of the regular features of the Christmas season. the best of these is the Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. which is quite in his best form, and his remarkable mastery as a colourist". Latimore & Haskell p. 34; Riall p. 97. Quarto. Original red cloth, lettering and pictorial decoration to spine and front cover in gilt, pictorial endpapers, top edge red. Colour frontispiece and 39 colour plates mounted on plain paper, with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Arthur Rackham. Booklabel to verso of half-title. Spine bumped and slightly faded, corner of front cover bumped, small creases to two plates, some minor foxing and browning; a very good copy.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 0 (illustrator). 1st Edition. First American edition, n. d. [1900]; 6" x 8"; pp. [4], v-xvii, [1], 1-464; pictorial cloth over boards; deckled fore-edge; gilt top edge; minor fading to boards; a bit of rubbing to tips of spine (small closed cut to bottom edge); slight vertical line through front cover; pages mostly very clean with a few faint spots of foxing limited to first and last several pages; illustrated with color fronts and 100 b & w full-page illustrations; in very good condition. "A New Translation by Mrs. Edgar Lucas." A scarce copy of the original Rackham-illustrated "Grimm's Fairy Tales," it brought Arthur Rackham his enormous fame and prompted the publishing of the 1909 deluxe signed edition. The great illustrator himself pointed out in the 1909 edition's prefatory note: "Some years ago a selection of "Grimm's Fairy Tales" with one hundred illustrations of mine in black and white was published - in 1900, by Messrs. Freemantle and Co., and afterwards by Messrs. Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd. At intervals since then I have been at work on the original drawings, partially or entirely re-drawing some of them in colour, adding new ones in colour and in black and white, and generally overhauling them as a set, supplementing and omitting, with a view to the present edition. Of the forty coloured illustrations, many are elaborations of the earlier black and white drawings or are founded on them. The frontispiece, and those facing pp. 34, 70, 94, 104, 116, 118, and 190 are entirely new, and several of the text illustrations also have not been published before. The remaining illustrations in the text have been reconsidered and worked on again to a greater or lesser degree." 2.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION OF 750 COPIES. This copy is authentically SIGNED by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. The book is bound in the publisher's vellum cloth with discoloration to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. The color plates are present. A lovely copy SIGNED by the author. Signed by Author(s).
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Grimm's Fairy Tales

Grimm, The Brothers (Rackham, Arthur)

Published by Constable, 1909

First Edition Signed

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. A sharp copy of this limited edition of 750 copies SIGNED by Arthur Rackham. The book is in nice shape. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with light wear to the spine and edges. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy SIGNED by Rackham in collector's condition. We buy SIGNED Rackham books. Signed by Author(s).