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LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER AND OTHER TALES

Written by Brothers Grimm
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd. in 1917

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LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER AND OTHER TALES
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 440800
1st. 1917. Hardback. Large format. Almost very good condition.

Adds 40 more stories to the 60 which Rackham already illustrated several years earlier. The violence and grotesqueries have been toned down conveying instead a wealth of humour and charm throughout. 12 beautiful tipped-in colour plates plus 43 b/w drawings. Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette. Pictorial endpapers and title page. 250 pages. Top corner/edge of front cover had semi-circular piece missing (depth 8mm, width of 22mm). Covers a little marked. Bumping to corners. Browning to endpapers. Some page edges uncut. Frontis has light corner creases. All plates present.

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Cover of LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER AND OTHER TALES by Brothers Grimm

Contents

  • Little Brother and Little Sister
  • Snow White and Rose Red
  • Sweet Porridge
  • Thumbling's Travels
  • The Skilful Hunter
  • The True Sweetheart
  • The Twelve Brothers
  • The Three Spinners
  • The Star Money
  • The Old Woman in the Wood
  • Bearskin
  • One Eye, Two Eyes and Three Eyes
  • The Wishing Table, The Gold Ass and The Cudgel and The Knapsack
  • The Wonderful Musician
  • The Cunning Little Tailor
  • The Gnomes
  • Hans the Hedgehog
  • The Nose Tree
  • The Three Feathers
  • The Goose Girl at The Well
  • The Little People's Presents
  • The Three Little Men in the Wood
  • The Spirit in the Bottle
  • The Three Army Surgeons
  • The Hare and The Hedgehog
  • The Griffin
  • The Spindle, The Shuttle and The Needle
  • Maid Maleen
  • The Young Giant
  • The Three Sons of Fortune
  • Fitcher's Bird
  • The Poor Miller's Boy and The Cat
  • How Six Men Got on in the World
  • The Two Travellers
  • The Hut in the Forest
  • The Peasant's Wise Daughter
  • The Two Brothers
  • The Nix of the Mill Pond
  • The Fox and The Geese
  • The Iron Stove