The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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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.