


Having been protected in library mylar, the DJ is truly Fine: bright & beautiful. Book is extremely clean, pages white, colors bright. Slight dogearing to the tops of some page edges.

Binding is cracked at pages 18-19, & the first signature is coming loose at top. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 2002, this oversized hardcover book is in VG condition: downgraded because it is Ex-Lib, with the usual stamps & markings in front matter & top/bottom outside page edges. In 445 pages, lavishly illustrated throughout by celebrated artists like Maxfield Parrish, George Cruikshank, Kay Nielsen, Edmund Dulac, & Gustave Doré.

She also offers fresh translations of non-English-language stories. Massive collection of 26 traditional fairy tales, retold through the vision of Maria Tatar, a leading authority on folklore & children's literature. Doré, Gustave Cruikshank, George Parrish, Maxfield Dulac, Edmund Nielsen, Kay (illustrator). Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 07:27:23 Associated-names Tatar, Maria, 1945- Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40406807 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
