1919 GRIMM ' S FAIRY TALES 12 Colour Plates FOLKARD A & C Black RARE BINDING
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GRIMMS FAIRY TALES
With An Introduction by John Ruskin
Illustrated by Charles Folkard
1919
Scarce: Earliest copy for sale, originally published in October 1911.
With all 12 Coloured Plates by Charles Folkard
A Wonderful binding indeed, decoration to both boards and spine, a p...anorama view of different characters from Grimm walking through the forest, coloured in black, green red and blue with red titles to spine and front board. Illustration to the title page, scarce and early A & C Black publication. Other copies we have found are much later, this an early imprint is hard to find, our copy without reserve.
With 54 of the Brother Grimm's much loved tales.
Author: Grimm Brothers
Publisher: A & C Black Ltd
Edition: 1919
Attributes: All 12 plates by Folkard. Original decorative binding.
Condition: Extremities a little rubbed, futon board a little shaky, FFEP a little browned, and bound to the Half title proud to the gutter. Frontispiece loose. Tissue guard present, all pages and plates present, back pastedown stained to upper margin. pages 194-197 are stained with a heavy brown rectangular mark which coevers most of the page (noticed after photographing, please feel free to ask for photos of these pages) marks to pages.
Information: 21.2cm x 15.1cm 331pp + catalogue
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