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Good condition. Audio CD. Case Good. Disc slightly scratched. Quality guaranteed! In original artwork/packaging unless otherwise noted.

A good condition copy. No jacket. General to heavy knocks and wear to boards and spine that is commensurate with books age. Textblock slackened through age and usage. Contents have some small marks with light thumbing to edges otherwise a good copy Good condition is defined as: a copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.04

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.04

Companion Library.

the cover does have some wear pages are super all are full white no marks no tears

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.35

Folio, hardcover, near fine, clean and unmarked in yellow pictorial boards. 208 pp. No storytellers have captivated the imagination of children more than Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. Between them they wrote many of the best-loved stories of all time. Nine of these tales are retold in this beautifully-illustrated book: Little Red Riding Hood, The Frog Prince, Hansel and Gretel, Puss in Boots, The Goosegirl, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Match Girl, The Ugly Duckling and The Little Mermaid.

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May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.85

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.85

Some wear to covers and spine, mainly edge sand corners, corners a bumped and worn, boards showing, some wear to edges, top and bottom of spine bumped and worn, spine a little faded, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

1963. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Illustrated cloth. Book contains multiple stories by two authors. Book flips around to switch authors. Light tanning to pages with slight crack to hinge; board remains attached. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light sunning with minor splitting and crushing to ends.

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Good condition. Audio CD. Case Good. Disc slightly scratched. Quality guaranteed! In original artwork/packaging unless otherwise noted.

Illustrated. Both volumes have light corner wear. Previous owner name inked to ffep. Light foxing to outer page edges. Interiors are clean and unmarked. Slipcase in poor condition, split, heavy wear to corners and edges.

No date. No publisher. Hard Cover. Book- Good, gilt titles on front board, green boards, boards marked. 11.5x8.5. Many b/w illus. This brings together in one volume selections from Andersen's fairy tales, including 'The Snow Queen' and 'The Emperor's New Clothes', Grimm's fairy tales, Aesop's fables, Tom Brown's School-days and A Bad Boy's Diary.

Beautifully illustrated collection of great tales. Nice bright clean copy. 9-1/4 x 11-1/4, 208 pp, color illus on almost every page, cream endpapers. Hardcover in stiff glossy color pictorial boards; no jacket as issued.

Gebraucht - Wie neu ungelesen, sehr guter Zustand; Rechnung mit MwSt.; unused/unread, very good condition; -Über 200 Jahre ist es her, dass zwei Brüder aus Kassel, Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, den ersten Band ihrer Sammlung deutscher Volksmärchen herausbrachten. Im Laufe der Zeit ergänzten sie ihre Sammlung um immer neue Geschichten, bis sie es schließlich auf die beeindruckende Zahl von 200 Märchen und zehn Sagen brachten. Was zunächst ein Versuch war, deutsche Überlieferungen für die Nachwelt zu bewahren, ist heute die nach der Bibel meistgelesene Geschichtensammlung. Von Schneewittchen bis Aschenputtel, von Rapunzel bis Rumpelstilzchen hinterließen die Brüder Grimm einen Kanon von Märchen, die zu Klassikern der Kinderliteratur, einem Teil des Weltdokumentenerbes der UNESCO und einem unverzichtbaren Bestandteil unserer Geschichte und Kultur wurden.Das Leben von Hans Christian Andersen mutet selbst wie ein Märchen an - Charles Dickens zählte zu seinen Freunden und Bewunderern, europäische Fürsten schätzten seine Gesellschaft. Durch Entschlossenheit, Talent, manch glückliche Fügung und eine überbordende Fantasie schrieb er sich, aus verarmten Verhältnissen stammend, in die Weltliteratur ein. Das Märchenreich ohne Andersen Es wäre arg verarmt und müsste auf Charaktere wie die Schneekönigin, die Prinzessin auf der Erbse, Däumelinchen oder das kleine Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern verzichten, aber auch auf viele vorher leblose Dinge, die erst Andersen zum Leben erweckt hat: Silberschillinge und Stopfnadeln, allen voran aber sein standhafter Zinnsoldat.Grimms und Andersens Geschichten haben Generationen von Künstlerinnen und Künstlern inspiriert. So ist jedes Märchen dieses Bandes von einem berühmten Illustratoren farbenfroh bebildert: legendären Zeichnern wie Kay Nielsen (ein führender Exponent des 'Goldenen Zeitalters der Illustration', das in den zwanziger Jahren endete), dem Arts-and-Crafts-Meister Walter Crane, Arthur Rackham oder dem Schweizer Werbegrafiker Herbert Leupin. Hinzu gesellen sich Schattenrisse aus historischen Editionen sowie neue Vignetten, die eigens für diese Ausgabe angefertigt wurden und nun wie schwarze Spitze über die Seiten tanzen. Ergänzt wird das Feuerwerk der Phantasie durch einleitende Essays - über die Märchen der Brüder Grimm im Spiegel der Kunst und über Andersen als Herz und Seele des modernen Märchens -, kurze Einführungen zu jeder Geschichte sowie einen Anhang mit den Biografien der Künstler.Dieses Wendebuch enthält zur Hälfte die Märchen der Brüder Grimm und zur anderen Hälfte umgedreht die von Hans Christian Andersen, jeweils mit eigenem Cover. Folgende Märchen sind enthalten:Brüder Grimm:Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich, Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geißlein, Rapunzel, Hänsel und Gretel, Das tapfere Schneiderlein, Aschenputtel, Frau Holle, Rotkäppchen, Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten, Die Wichtelmänner, Daumerlings Wanderschaft, Dornröschen, Schneewittchen, Rumpelstilzchen, Die drei Federn, Die goldene Gans, Die Gänsemagd, Die zertanzten Schuhe, Die Sterntaler, Der Hase und der Igel, Der gestiefelte KaterHans Christian Andersen:Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse, Die Nachtigall, Der Schweinehirt, Des Kaisers neue Kleider, Zwölf mit der Post, Der standhafte Zinnsoldat, Die Schneekönigin, Ole Luk-Oie, Das hässliche, junge Entlein, Die Blumen der kleinen Ida, Die Hirtin und der Schornsteinfeger, Der fliegende Koffer, Das kleine Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzchen, Das FeuerzeugÜber die ReiheTASCHEN wird 40! Seit wir im Jahr 1980 unsere Arbeit als kulturelle Schatzgräber aufgenommen haben, steht TASCHEN für erschwingliche, hochwertige und mitunter tollkühne Publikationen. Ob Kunst oder Körperkult - wir machen's möglich, dass sich Buchwürmer auf der ganzen Welt zu unschlagbaren Preisen ihre eigenen Bibliotheken zusammenstellen. Im Jahr 2020 feiern wir unseren 40. Geburtstag und bleiben unserem Motto treu: Die 40-Reihe versammelt einige der Toptitel unseres Programms in smarten Ausgaben - handliches Format, freundlicher Preis und wie immer mit großer Hingab 512 pp. Deutsch

Two Volume Set from 1945, originally came in a slipcase, but this is NOT present here--just the 2 books, no DJs as issued. The Andersen volume contains 29 tales, translated from the original Danish by Mrs. E. V. Lucas & Mrs. H. B. Paull, with delightful illustrations by noted Polish children's book illustrator Arthur Szyk. In 343 pages with illustrated frontispiece, 9 full-color-full page plates (suitable for framing, if desired), multiple pan-and-ink illustrations throughout text, & full-color endpapers. The Grimm volume has 55 stories, with 373 pages, color frontispiece, 9 color plates, & illustrations throughout text by German illustrator Fritz Kredel. Both books are cloth-covered hardcovers (Andersen = green, Grimm = burgundy) with paper paste-down illustrations to front covers & gilt lettering to spines. Both are in VG condition (the Andersen VG+): exceptionally clean & bright, bindings tight & square, pages mildly tanned, more noticeably to edges, but completely unmarked. Exterior show minor rubbing to extremities, heavier in places on the Andersen. A lovely set & a great introduction to these classic fairy tales! Our photos depict the exact books you will receive--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

512 pages. German language. 8.78x6.46x1.77 inches. In Stock.

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Grosset & Dunlap printing, 2 Volume hardcover set. Slipcase not included. The green book has heavy water stains and spine sleeve is tearing of, it's hinges are also cracked and tearing but is unmarked. The red book has wear and edge tearing, spine sleeve is heavily torn as well, both it's hinges cracked and tearing, text unmarked. Serviceable reading copies. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

A "Jumbo Book" with 2-Books-in-One: the Grimm book (285 pp) contains 44 tales, while the Andersen book contains 26 stories (331 pp). Pen-and-ink illustrations throughout, artist unattributed. No publication date, but c. 1930s. Hardcover small 8vo has royal blue cloth over boards stamped & lettered in orange to front & spine. Condition is VG: very clean, text block strong & secure, but front hinge was cracked & reglued. Pages all show heavy tanning & are becoming brittle, typical of the paper of the period. Old gift inscription to ffep. Exterior boards show rubbing to extremities, heaviest at both ends of spine. Red top stain bright, dust dulling to fore edge. 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.

This brings together in one volume selections from Andersen's fairy tales, including 'The Snow Queen' and 'The Emperor's New Clothes', Grimm's fairy tales, Aesop's fables, Tom Brown's School-days and A Bad Boy's Diary.

Hardcover with printed boards, no dust jacket, in good condition. This book is undated and was not published in 1900, however gift inscription on the front pastedown is dated 'Xmas, 1933'. Boards are marked and worn, and edges, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Chip noted on the rear board at the lower leading edge, and cloth is torn at the spine foot. Page block is tanned and blemished, and spots of foxing evident throughout. Hinge break at rear board, however binding remains sound, and pages are mainly clear. LW

This brings together in one volume selections from Andersen's fairy tales, including 'The Snow Queen' and 'The Emperor's New Clothes', Grimm's fairy tales, Aesop's fables, Tom Brown's School-days and A Bad Boy's Diary.

Includes publisher's slipcase. Light nickel-sized spot on slipcase edge, spines lightly faded. Bindings tight, pages clean and unmarked. 1945 Hard Cover. 373; 343 pp. 8vo. Color illustrations by Fritz Kredel and Arthur Szyk. Great illustrated editions of some of the most important fairy tales ever to be written.

anv edition. 512 pages. 0.85x6.14x1.70 inches. In Stock.

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This beautiful pair of books comes in the original forest green slip case. The books are in fine condition with tight binding and bright clean pages. The slip case has some wear and tare on the corners.

Grosset & Dunlap printing, 2 Volume hardcover set. Slipcase not included. The green book has heavy water stains and spine sleeve is tearing of, it's hinges are also cracked and tearing but is unmarked. The red book has wear and edge tearing, spine sleeve is heavily torn as well, both it's hinges cracked and tearing, text unmarked. Serviceable reading copies. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

Two Volume set includes volume of Andersen's Fairy Tales and volume of Grim's Fairy Tales. Very decorated color illustrations on inside flyleaf and in contained stories. A Very Good condition set.

1st Thus 21 x28 cm pictorial paper covered boards. Unpaginiated 37 fairy tales from the Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen with 8 full page colour plates by Anne Anderson and 90 black line illustrations within the text. In original dust jacket. The boards are clean and bright with a little shelf wear and some rubbing to the spine tips and corners with tiny splits at the joint tips. There is a small corner crease to the top corner of the front board. Internally, without name, inscription or bookplate and just the occasional spot mainly on the text pages facing the colour plates. All plates are present and in fine condition noting a marginal corner crease to the plate titled 'Strong Hans' which is the result of a production fault as can be seen from the fact that the top corner of the plate is uncut. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover has losses to the head and foot of the spine which extend half way onto the rear panel, to a depth of 2.5cm on the top edge and 3.5 cm on the bottom edge. All in all a profusely illustrated book with some lovely colour plates. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Very good copy in the original cloth-backed, color-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Subjects; Fairy tales - Denmark. Children's stories, Danish ; translations into English. 1 Kg.

Very good copy in the original cloth-backed, color-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Subjects; Fairy tales - Denmark. Children's stories, Danish ; translations into English. 1 Kg.

Both volumes Very Good+ in boards. Light foxing on text block edges of both volumes.

1st Edition. Quarto. Pictorial boards with red cloth spine. Illustrated dust jacket matches the front board. Small chip to bottom front of the dust jacket; minor soiling to back of the dust jacket and small closed tear to bottom of the spine. Eight coloured plates and several ink drawings throughout by Ethel Betts and Harry Clarke. Not dated, but style of illustrations suggests early 1930s. Minor foxing to text block--inside contents clean and binding tight. very good A wonderful and extensive selection of fairy tales by Hans Christian and the Brothers Grimm, including the original version of the somewhat tragic the Little Sea Maid (The Little Mermaid). A scarce book, rarely seen with the dust jacket.

1st Edition. Quarto. Pictorial boards with red cloth spine. Illustrated dust jacket matches the front board. Small chip to bottom front of the dust jacket; minor soiling to back of the dust jacket and small closed tear to bottom of the spine. Eight coloured plates and several ink drawings throughout by Ethel Betts and Harry Clarke. Not dated, but style of illustrations suggests early 1930s. Minor foxing to text block--inside contents clean and binding tight. very good A wonderful and extensive selection of fairy tales by Hans Christian and the Brothers Grimm, including the original version of the somewhat tragic the Little Sea Maid (The Little Mermaid). A scarce book, rarely seen with the dust jacket.

1st Edition. Quarto. Pictorial boards with red cloth spine. Illustrated dust jacket matches the front board. Small chip to bottom front of the dust jacket; minor soiling to back of the dust jacket and small closed tear to bottom of the spine. Eight coloured plates and several ink drawings throughout by Ethel Betts and Harry Clarke. Not dated, but style of illustrations suggests early 1930s. Minor foxing to text block--inside contents clean and binding tight. very good A wonderful and extensive selection of fairy tales by Hans Christian and the Brothers Grimm, including the original version of the somewhat tragic the Little Sea Maid (The Little Mermaid). A scarce book, rarely seen with the dust jacket.

Undated; circa 1933. Beautifully illustrated volume in color and b & w. by the inimitable Harry Clarke and the unique surreal designs of Ethel Betts. Pictorial boards, black spine titles on green cloth spine wrap, moderate shelf, corner wear, rub. Pages good. Bind good. Eight coloured plates and several ink drawings throughout by Ethel Betts and Harry Clarke. llustrated with 8 attactive colour art deco plates, plus b/w illustrations (some full-page). A wonderful and extensive selection of fairy tales by Hans Christian and the Brothers Grimm, including the original version of the somewhat tragic the Little Sea Maid (The Little Mermaid). A scarce book. Made and Printed in Great Britain by Purnell and Sons, Paulton (Somerset) and London, On Paper Supplied by W. D. Horrocks and Sons Ltd., London. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Undated; circa 1933. Beautifully illustrated volume in color and b & w. by the inimitable Harry Clarke and the unique surreal designs of Ethel Betts. Pictorial boards, black spine titles on green cloth spine wrap, moderate shelf, corner wear, rub. Pages good. Bind good. Eight coloured plates and several ink drawings throughout by Ethel Betts and Harry Clarke. llustrated with 8 attactive colour art deco plates, plus b/w illustrations (some full-page). A wonderful and extensive selection of fairy tales by Hans Christian and the Brothers Grimm, including the original version of the somewhat tragic the Little Sea Maid (The Little Mermaid). A scarce book. Made and Printed in Great Britain by Purnell and Sons, Paulton (Somerset) and London, On Paper Supplied by W. D. Horrocks and Sons Ltd., London. Insured post.

Rare gift book 8" x 9 3/4" design. No date; circa 1936. Sienna full cloth boards, black cover and spine titles, moderate shelf wear, bump. Pages very good, no writing; attractively toned. Montage illustrated endpapers. Dynamically and wonderfully complex art deco style imagery by Joyce Mercer throughout. Includes sixteen color plates and over two hundred and fifty black and white drawings. Dust wrapper, moderate shelf wear, rub, chip; unclipped 10/6 net, protected in new clear sleeve. Rare wrapper features effusive montage of scenes in color at front panel wrapping around to spine. Back panel features pictorial adverts for: Wings of Speed; Let's Be Gay; and, Let's Be Absurd. At back flap, summary advert for George Wright's The Wandering Whipsnaders. Rare very good example in near very good original wrapper. From front flap summary: "The exquisite art of Miss Joyce Mercer has never found a more suitable medium than the illustration of these famous tales. Although children enjoy the stories in themselves, there is a great advantage in having them illuminated with the wit and understanding of Miss Mercer's imagination, for they enable the youthful mind to envisage with greater clarity the characters and incidents in the stories, and we do not doubt that this will be accepted as the edition of Andersen and Grimm." The complete edition with 318 and 252 pages. Insured post.

Rare gift book 8" x 9 3/4" design. No date; circa 1936. Sienna full cloth boards, black cover and spine titles, moderate shelf wear, bump. Pages very good, no writing; attractively toned. Montage illustrated endpapers. Dynamically and wonderfully complex art deco style imagery by Joyce Mercer throughout. Includes sixteen color plates and over two hundred and fifty black and white drawings. Dust wrapper, moderate shelf wear, rub, chip; unclipped 10/6 net, protected in new clear sleeve. Rare wrapper features effusive montage of scenes in color at front panel wrapping around to spine. Back panel features pictorial adverts for: Wings of Speed; Let's Be Gay; and, Let's Be Absurd. At back flap, summary advert for George Wright's The Wandering Whipsnaders. Rare very good example in near very good original wrapper. From front flap summary: "The exquisite art of Miss Joyce Mercer has never found a more suitable medium than the illustration of these famous tales. Although children enjoy the stories in themselves, there is a great advantage in having them illuminated with the wit and understanding of Miss Mercer's imagination, for they enable the youthful mind to envisage with greater clarity the characters and incidents in the stories, and we do not doubt that this will be accepted as the edition of Andersen and Grimm." The complete edition with 318 and 252 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Undated; circa 1933. Beautifully illustrated volume in color and b & w. by the inimitable Harry Clarke and the unique surreal designs of Ethel Betts. Pictorial boards, black spine titles on green cloth spine wrap, moderate shelf, corner wear, rub. Pages good. Bind good. Eight coloured plates and several ink drawings throughout by Ethel Betts and Harry Clarke. llustrated with 8 attactive colour art deco plates, plus b/w illustrations (some full-page). A wonderful and extensive selection of fairy tales by Hans Christian and the Brothers Grimm, including the original version of the somewhat tragic the Little Sea Maid (The Little Mermaid). A scarce book. Made and Printed in Great Britain by Purnell and Sons, Paulton (Somerset) and London, On Paper Supplied by W. D. Horrocks and Sons Ltd., London. Insured post.

Collector's Edition. "This six-volume library features the work of the artists who set illustration standards for all time." Includes color plates by Arthur Rackham (Grimm), Edward J. Detmold (Aesop), Kay Nielsen (Andersen), Harry Clarke (Perrault), Edmund Dulac (Hawthorne), and Maxfield Parrish (Arabian Nights). Octavo, the complete six volume set. Full black leather bindings, with decorative gilt stamping, accents in various colors, three raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon marker. A fine set.

Six Volumes, 32mo, 4" h x 3" w. The Night Before Christmas dated 1905, the rest, 1911. Bound in original red paper covered boards with pictorial paste downs to front covers that are surrounded by a stamped design of holly and berries. White end papers, each book with numerous full-page color and some black and white illustrations throughout, the only credited illustrator John R. Neill for Peter Rabbit. Introductions by L. Frank Baum. Publisher's ads at ends. A Very Good set, lacking the original slipcase, spines a bit rubbed, contents clean and unmarked, hinges solid. SCARCE as a complete set. The tumultuous and complicated history of "Little Black Sambo" as a book and as a pejorative term adds a painful overlay to this otherwise charming Christmas stocking stuffer. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall

Boxed set of six 12mo volumes, each measuring approximately 3 by 4 inches. Most are dated 1905; Peter Rabbit is dated 1911. The publisher's advertisements at the end of each book are for titles published in 1911, including 'The Magic Aeroplane' and Eight Little Japs' and 'Twinkle and Chubbins'. Hardcover, bound in original bright red paper-covered boards with pictorial pastedown to front covers surrounded by a stamped design of holly & berries. Plain red endpapers. Each book contains numerous full-page color illustrations throughout. The set is housed in the publisher's original paper-covered slipcase which is meant to look like a traveller's trunk, with labels such as "Kriss Kringle Lane", "Reindeer Express Line" et al. Books are in good to very good condition. Bindings and hinges are intact though slightly shaken. Pages are clean and unmarked with no signs of prior ownership. There is some shelf-wear and rubbing to extremities, mostly to spine ends and to the upper board corner of Night Before Christmas. The box is intact and in good shape with some wear to extremities, starting to split along one seam. There is no lid (as usual). All in all, this remains a nice example of a highly collectible set.

Rare gift book 8" x 9 3/4" design. No date; circa 1936. Sienna full cloth boards, black cover and spine titles, moderate shelf wear, bump. Pages very good, no writing; attractively toned. Montage illustrated endpapers. Dynamically and wonderfully complex art deco style imagery by Joyce Mercer throughout. Includes sixteen color plates and over two hundred and fifty black and white drawings. Dust wrapper, moderate shelf wear, rub, chip; unclipped 10/6 net, protected in new clear sleeve. Rare wrapper features effusive montage of scenes in color at front panel wrapping around to spine. Back panel features pictorial adverts for: Wings of Speed; Let's Be Gay; and, Let's Be Absurd. At back flap, summary advert for George Wright's The Wandering Whipsnaders. Rare very good example in near very good original wrapper. From front flap summary: "The exquisite art of Miss Joyce Mercer has never found a more suitable medium than the illustration of these famous tales. Although children enjoy the stories in themselves, there is a great advantage in having them illuminated with the wit and understanding of Miss Mercer's imagination, for they enable the youthful mind to envisage with greater clarity the characters and incidents in the stories, and we do not doubt that this will be accepted as the edition of Andersen and Grimm." The complete edition with 318 and 252 pages. Insured post.