| Description |
367 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Translated from the German. |
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"This beautiful treasury includes some of the most famous stories known today, reproduced in their original form - exactly as the Brothers Grimm had written them"--Half title page. |
| Contents |
Hans in luck -- The travelling musicians -- The golden bird -- The fisherman and his wife -- The tom-tit and the bear -- The twelve dancing princesses -- Rose-bud -- Tom Thumb -- The grateful beasts -- Jorinda and Jorindel -- The wonderful musician -- The queen bee -- The dog and the sparrow -- Frederick and Catherine -- The three children of fortune -- King Grisly-beard -- The adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet -- Snow-drop -- The elves and the shoemaker -- The turnip -- Old sultan -- The lady and the lion -- The miser in the bush -- The king of the golden mountain -- The golden goose -- Mrs. Fox -- Hansel and Grettel -- The giant with the three golden hairs -- The frog-prince -- The fox and the horse -- Rumpel-stilts-kin -- The goose-girl -- Faithful John -- The blue light -- Ashputtel -- The young giant and the tailer -- The crows and the soldier -- Pee-wit -- Hans and his wife Grettel -- Cherry, or the frog-bride -- Mother Holle -- The water of life -- Peter the goatherd -- The four clever brothers -- The elfin-grove -- The salad -- The nose -- The five servants -- Cat-skin -- The robber-bridgroom -- The three sluggards -- The seven ravens -- Roland and May-bird -- The mouse, the bird and the sausage -- The juniper tree. |
| Summary |
A collection of fifty-five traditional tales collected by the Grimm brothers features the original black-and-white illustrations by George Cruikshank plus new color illustrations by noted contemporary illustrators. |
| Language |
Translated from the German. |
| Subject |
Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 -- Translations into English.
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Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 -- Translations into English.
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Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 (OCoLC)fst00029150
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Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 (OCoLC)fst00029149
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Fairy tales -- Germany.
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Fairy tales. (OCoLC)fst00919916
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Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
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| Genre/Form |
Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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Fairy tales.
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| Added Author |
Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863, editor.
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Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859, editor.
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Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, illustrator.
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| Added Title |
Translation of: Kinder- und Hausmärchen.
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| ISBN |
0147509491 |
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9780147509499 |
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