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Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm
by Brothers Grimm; Nielsen, Kay (Illustrator)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1992. Facsimile Reprint . Hardcover. Fine. Nielsen, Kay. Collection of 22 fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, including both old favorites ("Rapunzel" & "Rumpelstiltskin") & lesser-known ones "("Roland,'' "The Three Little Men in the Wood"). Based on a limited edition published in London in 1983, this stunning facsimile reprint from the renowned Easton Press from 1992 has additional special contents & a unique cover design by Frank Mayo commissioned exclusively for this edition. Best of all, it maintains all of the lovely illustrations by Kay Nielsen from 1925, including the frontispiece + 11 full-page plates, some full-color, some pen-and-ink, throughout the 276 pp. of text. Small quarto (7.75" x 10.25") is covered in deep green leather stamped with gilt design & lettering to front & spine, gilt to all outside page edges. Condition is Fine: as bright & clean as Brand New! Binding straight & strong, pages white. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Pacific time (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021370
- Title
- Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm
- Author
- Brothers Grimm; Nielsen, Kay (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Nielsen, Kay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Facsimile Reprint
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- FAIRY TALES CHILDREN ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATORS LEATHER KAY NIELSEN COLLECTIBLE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Fairy Tales-Folklore-Fables-Mythology;
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La Mesa, California
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Glossary
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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