THE BIG BOOK OF FAIRY TALES. ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES ROBINSON. by Jerrold, Walter, Editor. Hans Christian Andersen, et al - 1911

London: Blackie and Son, 1911. 344 pp, 10" H. Dark blue cloth (faded to a blue/gray on spine) with gilt lettering/decoration on spine and front board, all edges gilt. Pictorial endpapers, 12 colour plates (including frontispiece), 22 additional plates (16 black & red, 6 black & white) plus over 150 small b&w illustration throughout the text - all present. Contents: Introduction; Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper; Jack the Giant Killer; The Three Bears; The Ugly Duckling; Briar Rose; or, The Sleeping Beauty; Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp; The Story of Blue Beard; Hansel and Gretel; Jack and the Beanstalk; Little Chicken Kluk; The Little Match Girl; Beauty and the Beast; Valentine and Orson; Little Red Riding Hood; Snowdrop; Puss in Boots; Hop o' My Thumb; The Little Tin Soldier; Dick Whittington and his Cat; Rumpel-Stilts-Kin; Blanch and Rosalinda; The Fair One with Golden Locks; Sinbad the Sailor; Mouseskin; Bushy Bride; Thumbeline; The Goose Girl; Goldmaria and Goldfeather; The Three Soldiers; The Frog Prince. Some repair to the inside hinges - vast majority of the original paper is present but has wrinkling/creasing, a 1 1/2" tear at the bottom of the content page with tape repair, several places where there is a slight separation between the page gatherings but the pages ar holding well in the binding, there are various amounts of light foxing marks throughout the pages - some pages are clear of foxing. there is a triangular piece missing at the top corner of page 77 (approx. 3/4" x 1 1/2") - does not affect the text, fading to the spine colour and decoration, light variation to the colour of the boards, some rubbing and scuffing, wear at the top/bottom of the spine including very small tears at the bottom, wear at the corners of the boards. Now protected in a stiff mylar sleeve. **Please note: This is a heavy book and will require extra postage outside of Canada/USA.**. Not Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Charles Robinson..