Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm
New York: George H. Doran Company, No date (1925). First American edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xi, 11-310pp. Original red cloth with gilt lettering and decorative ruling on spine, black lettering on illustrated gilt label pasted to cover, protected by modern mylar. Decorative endpapers. Color frontispiece. Illustrated title page. Code "B" on copyright page. Historiated headpiece, decorative initials. Compilation of twenty-two tales by the Brothers Grimm with twelve tipped-in color and ten lithographed b/w illustrations by Kay Nielsen, all full page. Tales included are Hansel and Gretel, The Fisherman and His Wife, The Drummer, Rosebud, Rapunzel, The Three Magic Gifts, he Golden Goose and Rumpelstiltskin, among others. Binding with light wear along edges, very light fraying at head and tale of spine and corners. Four small strips of tape on inside front cover. Decorative front free endpaper missing. Illustrated and signed Ex Libris on half-title. Some repair at gutter at inside back cover. Binding in overall good, interior in good+, plates in very goo+ condition. g to vg+. Item #47782
Price: $650.00