Fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm / with illustrations by P. Grot Johann and R. Andre.

Uniform title
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., [after 1907]
Description
[4], 156 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Copies in the Library

Location Call Number Status
Special Collections - Cotsen Children's Library 94123 Eng 20 Browse related items Reading Room Request

    Details

    Subject(s)
    Compiler
    Illustrator
    Library of Congress genre(s)
    Rare books genre
    Series
    Young Folks Standard Library
    Notes
    • Series from McLoughlin catalog listing.
    • "2376" on upper cover, above McLoughlin's "Books & Games, Educate - Amuse" logo, featuring 2 owls (t.p. also has a small version of the logo).
    • "List of Contents" on p. [3-4] organized as alphabetical index of stories.
    • McLoughlin's 1907 catalog is the first to list titles numbered in the 2300s (cf. Price List on p. [166]).
    • McLoughlin issued this156 p. ed. of Grimm (listed as having 154 p. in their various catalogs) with different company ID nos. (#310, #817, #2376, and #3232), each with a different cover; McLoughlin also issued a number of other eds. of Grimm over the years, in various paginations and containing different stories.
    • Illustrations: T.p. vignette and engraved ills. throughourt the text, signed by Andre, Grot, "H. Günther," "DVAXA," and "RL"; no frontis. ("The prince awakening Briar Rose"), possibly missing from Cotsen's copy.
    Binding note
    Pub. chromolithographed paper-covered bds., pictorial upper depicting a fairy queen sprinkling candy on two sleeping children, with title in yellow, and lower cover with green-and-white pattern; dark green spine cloth.
    References
    McLoughlin Bros. catalogue, 1907, p. 76 (Young Folks Library ed. still numbered as #310)
    Other title(s)
    • Stories from Grimm : and other fairy tales
    • Grimm's fairy tales
    OCLC
    1340442390
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