London: Paul Hamlyn. Good with no dust jacket. 1961. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, sun medallion, gilt, on cober, illustrated endpapers. Profusely illustrated with full-page, full-color illustrations by Jiri Trnka, as well as numerous head-pieces. . Gift inscription (dated 1963) on ffep, a portion of the fep is detached from the upper board, else near fine; otherwise unmarked, text block tight, square, and clean. All illustrations bright and fresh. GOOD. . Color Plates. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 281 pp .

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Bookseller: Round Table Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 28197
Title: Grimm's Fairy Tales
Author: Grimm, Jacob; Wilhelm Grimm
Illustrator: Jiri Trnka
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition Thus. First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Paul Hamlyn
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1961
Keywords: Fairy Tales;, Brothers Grimm;, Illustrated Books;, Children's Books;, Jiri Trnka;

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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