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GRIMM, JACOB LUDWIG CARL & WILHELM CARL: : FAIRY TALES FROM GRIMM. [Illustrated by Ethel Betts.]

LONDON.J. COKER & CO., LTD.[not dated,circa 1930s.]

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UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,illustrated 1st edn. ['FAIRY TALES FROM GRIMM' originally and first published (US) E. Stern & Co.,1909, illustrated by Ethel Franklin Betts.] GOOD+.No owner inscrptn - small portions at top+bottom of front's plain white paper pastedown amateurishly removed exposing card board beneath but the hinge is solid and sound and unaffected.Possibly done to remove ownership details? Rear pastedown with sporadic foxing/spotting,as is the facing last page,but to a lesser degree and rear hinge also intact and complete without any cracking, splits or tears.Bright,crisp,generally clean, brightly coloured pictorial artwork of a seated giant at a table sharing food with a Tom Thumb-sized figure,with a female figure hold a dish with a bread loaf in the background,by Ethel Betts,illustrated paper-covered card board to front cover with capitalised lettered title within a horizontal scroll/banner,a complete, intact and without nicks,tears or splits,a green cloth blind-spine without lettering,rear cover with age-worn and grubbed plain white paper background covered board.Inevitable shelf-wear rubbing with colour paper loss to top,bottom and the fore-edges,all corners bumped,rubbed and rounded with wear and passage of time.Top+fore-edges aged/toned with sporadic foxing/spotting; contents however,are remarkably clean,bright, tight,solid and sound and in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it’s age and nature, i.e. a children’s book.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,illustrated 1st edn,66pp [unpaginated] includes b/w thumnail illustrated title page with blank verso,a b/w headpiece illustrated contents list/table with a b/w headpiece illustrated Pictures list to its reverse,18 stories with 6 full-page b/w pen drawings,4 full-page colour illustrations - one the frntis - all by Ethel Betts and all called for and present.Stories include some known traditional tales: Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin and other uncommon ones as Hans in Luck, The Valiant Little Tailor, Brother Lustig, Little One-Eye,Two-Eyes,and Three-Eyes, Faithful John and The Six Swans,amongst others. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable, and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it’s age and nature, i.e. a children's ephemeral paper+card book. It is mainly the exterior faults described that prevents a higher grading. Despite them,it really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and completeness. Ethel Franklin Betts Bains, b. 6th September, 1877 – d. 9th October,1959 was an American illustrator primarily of children's books during the golden age of American illustration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Along with Jessie Wilcox Smith** and Sarah Stilwell Weber, Betts was one of the "familiar" magazine and book illustrators in the early 20th century She was the younger sister of the illustrator Anna Whelan Betts.Ethel studied studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia,with the noted illustrator Howard Pyle at Drexel Institute,now the Drexel University,and then at the Howard Pyle School in nearby Wilmington,Delaware. Pyle established himself as one of America's leading children's authors and artists.From 1895 Pyle devoted much of his ti,e to teaching art; some of his pupils at his studio included Maxfield Parrish**,Jessie Wilcox Smith**,and N. C. Wyeth Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated 1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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