HOUSEHOLD TALES BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm
Illustrated by Mervyn Peake
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode
in 1946
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HOUSEHOLD TALES BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm.
Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1823898
1st.
1946.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Based chiefly on the Bohn collection of 1884 for which Andrew Lang wrote the introduction, but a few stories from other versions included. 56 b/w illustrations & 5 coloured plates including double-spread title page. Yellow cloth boards, blue titles. 303 pages. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and edge-rubbed, spine heavily faded and also rear panel at spine edge, a few edge-chips and scuffing.