THE BIG BOOK OF FAIRY TALES
Book Details + Condition: Blackie and Son, Ltd. (London and Glasgow). First Edition, 1911 (nd). Large hardcover with dark red boards; embossed design to front, and ornately gilded spine. Top edge gilt. 344 pages. Beautifully illustrated by Charles Robinson, with 200 illustrations including 34 full-page images - 12 in full color, 16 in black & red, and 6 in b&w. Walter Jerrold's collection of 30 classic tales, from storytellers including Aesop, Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Robert Southey as well as anonymous sources. Fairytales include:
- Cinderella
- Jack and the Beanstalk
- The Three Bears
- The Ugly Duckling
- Aladdin
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Rumpel-stilts-kin
- The Frog Prince
- And many more.
Inner hinge cracked but binding remains firm; rubbed corners and edges; wear to boards; chafed spine ends; old tape residue to upper & lower hinges on boards; some foxing to first and last few pages, with the occasional age-spotting to interior; small inscription to ffep; interior is otherwise clean and free of markings. All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.
