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THE BROTHERS GRIMM FAIRY TALES (Everyman's Library Children's Classics)
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THE BROTHERS GRIMM FAIRY TALES (Everyman's Library Children's Classics) Hardcover - 1992

by Grimm, Jacob; Grimm, Wilhelm

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Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin, and Snow White are among the jewels we owe to the German brothers Grimm, who began in the first decade of the 19th century to seek out and listen to village storytellers. The best-loved of the tales they discovered are now brought together with the marvelous pictures that in 1900 first established the reputation of one of the greatest children's illustrators of all time, Arthur Rackham.

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New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf/Borzoi, 1992. First Edition, 5th Printing . Hardcover. New/None as Issued. Arthur Rackham (Illustrator). BRAND NEW COPY. DJ/None as Issued. Embossed green linen boards w/paste-down w/green ribbon bookmark. Illustrated endpapers. Frontispiece. Selection of 62 classic fairy tales and folklore, first included in Everyman's Library publication of 1906, based on English translations of Edgar Taylor (1823 & 1849) and Marian Edwardes (1901). Stories assembled by Jacob Grimm (1785 - 1863) and brother Wilhelm Grimm (1786 - 1859). .
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  • Title THE BROTHERS GRIMM FAIRY TALES (Everyman's Library Children's Classics)
  • Author Grimm, Jacob; Grimm, Wilhelm
  • Illustrator Arthur Rackham (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition, 5th Printing
  • Condition New
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Alfred A. Knopf/Borzoi, New York, NY
  • Date 1992
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 012463
  • ISBN 9780679417965 / 0679417966
  • Weight 1.33 lbs (0.60 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.18 x 6.36 x 0.99 in (20.78 x 16.15 x 2.51 cm)
  • Ages 09 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 4 - 7
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Germany
  • Library of Congress subjects Fairy tales, Fairy tales - Germany
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 92053180
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.210

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The Brothers Grimm, Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859), were born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, in the German state of Hesse. Throughout their lives they remained close friends, and both studied law at Marburg University. Jacob was a pioneer in the study of German philology, and although Wilhelm's work was hampered by poor health the brothers collaborated in the creation of a German dictionary, not completed until a century after their deaths. But they were best (and universally) known for the collection of over two hundred folk tales they made from oral sources and published in two volumes of 'Nursery and Household Tales' in 1812 and 1814. Although their intention was to preserve such material as part of German cultural and literary history, and their collection was first published with scholarly notes and no illustration, the tales soon came into the possession of young readers. This was in part due to Edgar Taylor, who made the first English translation in 1823, selecting about fifty stories 'with the amusement of some young friends principally in view'. They have been an essential ingredient of children's reading ever since.

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The Brothers Grimm, Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859), were born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, in the German state of Hesse. Throughout their lives they remained close friends, and both studied law at Marburg University. Jacob was a pioneer in the study of German philology, and although Wilhelm's work was hampered by poor health the brothers collaborated in the creation of a German dictionary, not completed until a century after their deaths. But they were best (and universally) known for the collection of over two hundred folk tales they made from oral sources and published in two volumes of 'Nursery and Household Tales' in 1812 and 1814. Although their intention was to preserve such material as part of German cultural and literary history, and their collection was first published with scholarly notes and no illustration, the tales soon came into the possession of young readers. This was in part due to Edgar Taylor, who made the first English translation in 1823, selecting about fifty stories 'with the amusement of some young friends principally in view'. They have been an essential ingredient of children's reading ever since.