"Household Stories from the Collection of the Bros. Grimm" translated from the German by Lucy Crane and done into pictures by Walter Crane, published by Avenel Books, Crown Publishers, New York, 1973. Facsimile reproduction of the original 1880s edition.

Hard boards, red leather, gold tooled frond board and spine, 5.1/2" x 8.1/4"; 120 pages on antique looking brownish paper, b/w plates including frontispiece, historiated caps, head- and tailpieces to each story, pages have a bottom corner stain, very good condition. See photos.

The selection of the “cautionary tales for children” includes:

The Sleeping Beauty, Hans in Luck, The Goose Girl, The Frog Prince, The Wolf and the Seven Goslings, Faithful John, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, The White Snake, Mother Hulda, Tom Thumb, The Elves, The Robber Bridegroom, The Almond Tree, The Six Swans, Snow White, Rumplestiltskin, The Golden Bird, and The Golden Goose.

Walter Crane (1845-1915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most influential, and among the most prolific, children's book creators of his generation and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the later 19th century.

Crane's work featured some of the more colourful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterize many nursery rhymes and children's stories for decades to come. He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and produced an array of paintings, illustrations, children's books, ceramic tiles, wallpapers and other decorative arts.

US: Priority (c.2-4 days) --------- $12.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-4 weeks) -- $28.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-5 weeks) --- $42.50