The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

Overview:

  • Title: The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
  • Author: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
  • Year: 1909
  • Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company
  • Price: $6.00
  • Pages: xv+325
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
  • Notes:
    40 mounted color plates, including frontispiece. Data from Waverly Rare Books. Apparently also published in a signed, limited edition of 50.

    US edition, trade hardcover Page counts match those of the 1909 Constable edition (see) that is reported to contain • 60 tales • 40 color illustrations [cf. below] • 62 line drawings --"Publisher's Note", The Complete [...] (Race Point, 2013)

    Price from listing in two-page publisher advertisement, The Dial 1909-11-16 p353/54 (quote in full): Grimm's Fairy Tales Mr. Rackham feels that this superb edition of Grimm is his highest achievement as a creative illustrator. The book is a triumph in every way and confirms anew Mr. Rackham's pre-eminence in this line of work.
    Fifty illustrations in color   Net,$6.00 (postage 30c.)   Extra Edition de Luxe, net, $20.00.