Household tales / by the Brothers Grimm ; illustrated by Mervyn Peake

Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm

RA Collection: Book

Record number

14/3597

Author

Variant Title

Grimm's Household Tales. Drawings by Melvyn Peake. [Dust-jacket and spine title].

Edition

1st edition

Imprint

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd., 1946

Physical Description

303 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. (hbk).

General Note

“This book, first published in 1946, is printed and bound in accordance with the authorized economy regulations by the Chapel River Press, Andover, Hants, for Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd., 14, 15, & 16 Bedford Street, London, W.C.2.” [colophon].
“This edition of the most famous of folk stories is based chiefly on the Bohn collection of 1884 for which Andrew Lang wrote the introduction, but a few stories from other versions have bee included. Fifty-six drawings in black and white and five coloured plates by Mervyn Peake express their exuberance, comedy, earthiness and pathos with an imaginative power which should give this edition a permanent place among English illustrated books.” [dust-jacket].

Binding Note

Black and read illustrated dust-jacket. Yellow cloth covers lettered in black on the upper cover and spine. Spine title: “Grimm’s Household Tales. Drawings by Mervyn Peake. E. & S.”

Subject

Illustrated books
Fairy tales

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