Sixty Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

New York, New York: Weathervane, 1979. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Rackham, Arthur. Collection of 60 tales, both old favorites & lesser-known, from the Brothers Grimm, translated from the original German by Mrs. E. Lucas, brought to life with the enchanting, magical artwork of golden-age British book illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), including both full-page, full-color plates & pen-and-ink line drawings throughout the 325 pages of text & endpapers. Foreword by Cary Wilkins. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing in this format (First, thus) from 1979, this hardcover small quarto (7" x 10.5") has a quarter green cloth-wrapped spine with darker green paper over the remaining boards. Condition is Fine: completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages white, colors bright. Plates are unmarked by foxing or any wear. Tanning to endpapers only.The unclipped DJ is equally lovely: as bright & clean as when first issued! & protected in new mylar cover to stay that way. Guaranteed gift-giving quality! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.