Household Stories From the Collection of the Bros. Grimm
Translated from the German by Lucy Crane and done into Pictures by Walter Crane
Published by Macmillan & Co, London, 1882. FIrst 'Crane' Edition. 8vo, hardback in decorative cloth binding, patterned endpapers, pp x, 269, [iii], illustrated by Walter Crane, with 11 plates, 104 head and tailpieces, 55 initials (each different) and others.
Includes some of the worlds most famous fairy tales including, Tom Thumb, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Snow White, The Bremen Town Musicians, The Frog Prince, Hansel and Grethel, and many others.
CONDITION A good copy. The cloth binding is good with fractional rubbing to the head and tail and a little down the shoulders. Endpapers good. All contents present and pages in good condition throughout with perhaps the odd light spotting to the very outer margins. Overall a good copy.