The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

  • SIGNED Hardcover
  • London: Constable and COmpany Ltd, 1909
By Grimm Brothers; Mrs. Edgar Lucas; Arthur Rackham
London: Constable and COmpany Ltd, 1909. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Large 4to. xvi, (1), 325, )1_ pp. Nicely bound in full crimson morocco, spine in six compartments with raised bands, intricately gilt, black lettering labels, gilt; gilt rules on the boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Color frontispiece and 39 color plates tipped in as issued, with captioned tissue guards; black and white illustrations in text. A fine copy, with the original vellum spine and cover bound in at the rear. The binding is unsigned, but appears to be from the Chelsea Bindery, London.


This is a revised and enlarged edition of the work originally published in 1900, with some new illustrations, as well as others redrawn and colored.


One of 750 numbered copies signed by Rackham, This is No. 92.


Latimore & Haskell, p.34.

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Details

Title

The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

Author

Grimm Brothers; Mrs. Edgar Lucas; Arthur Rackham

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Fine

Publisher

Constable and COmpany Ltd: London

Date

1909

Edition

Limited edition


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