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MICHAELIS-JENA, RUTH and RATCLIFF, ARTHUR - Translated from the German: : New Tales from Grimm. [Illustrated by Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone.**]

UK.EDINBURGH & LONDON.W. R. CHAMBERS LTD.,1960.

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UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG+.Neat,blue inked seasonal,familial gift presentation inscrptn+date to top corner,verso of front free endpaper.Publisher's original pale beige cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt title letters within a dark green ink printed vertical box/panel and bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters (publisher) to foot of spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and immaculate monochrome 'Fairy-Tale Land' map illustrated endpapers.Three corners with minor creases from minor bumping - front lower corner with a light, faint thumbprint-sized indeterminate stain/mark; a similar coloured,but miniscule thin strip stain along board's front top edge too; otherwise rest of boards bright and clean.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean with little or no marks; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners but previous owner has placed a blue ink tick alongside all but 8 of the tales on the contents list/table pages - the only annotation noted.Else,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,1-146pp [paginated] includes translators' foreword,39 fairy tales - 4 with b/w illus headpieces and 2 with tail-pieces,4 b/w illus within tales' text and a full colour illus frntis,4 full-page 3-colour block (b/w+ochre/yellow) artwork illustrations - all called for (present) and all illustration by Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone; plus [unpaginated] colour frntis, title page,contents+illus lists/tables - acknowledgements to verso of illus list/table. Highly collected and prolific children's book illustrators,an uncommon,scarce and unusual item in Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone's genre in bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the Grahame Johnstones' canon. Want more Janet & Anne Grahame JOHNSTONE titles? For similar and other titles please seach my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. Twins,born 1st June,1928.Janet died in a tragic accident on 20th January,1979,her sister surviving her until 25th May,1998.Children's book illustrators specialising in large,brightly coloured gift books (mainly published by Dean & Son,Ltd.) in which the full-page illustrations surround the passages of text.Janet specialized in animals and birds,Anne focused on the period costumes that so dominated their work. Their work represents a recent manifestation of the nursery tradition mass-marketed by Mabel Lucie Attwell and updated by Hilda Boswell, characterised by unfailing sentimentality and a palpable determination to please.Between them they published over 200 titles; with over 5,000 illustrations in total:1,000+ in b/w and 4,000+ in colour,and 10 technical equestrian books. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and value of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - 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. ** 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,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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