Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm 1898 Henry Altemus Illustrated Hardcover
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This is Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm, an Altemus' Young People's Library hardcover from the Henry Altemus Company of Philadelphia, copyright 1898, with sixty-five illustrations stated on the title page.
The cloth-feel pictorial covers are rubbed, with wear at the corners and spine ends, and the pages are age toned, while the binding appears intact and the text reads clearly, as the photos show.
Inside are the household tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, and the stories shown include The Frog King, or Iron Henry, The Three Feathers, and The King of the Golden Mountain. A color frontispiece from The Master Thief faces the title page.
Details
- Item: Antique hardcover book
- Title: Fairy Tales
- Author: The Brothers Grimm
- Illustrator: Not named in the photos. The title page states with sixty-five illustrations
- Publisher: Henry Altemus Company, Philadelphia (Altemus' Young People's Library)
- Publication Year: Copyright 1898 by Henry Altemus. Printing year: Not confirmed from photos
- Edition and Printing: Not confirmed from photos
- Format and Binding: Hardcover, cloth-feel pictorial covers in green, cream, and red with sailboat and harbor scenes
- Dust Jacket: None shown
- Pages: 255
- Genre: Fairy tales, children's classics
- Language: English
- ISBN: None, predates the ISBN system
- Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 1 inches
Condition Grade: Good
Positives
- Graded Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named in this listing.
- A color frontispiece and an illustrated title page border.
- Color plates and black and white illustrations appear in the pages shown, with decorative headpieces.
- The covers keep their colorful sailboat and harbor scenes, and the spine is readable.
- The text is legible throughout the photographed pages.
Issues / Wear
- Age toning to the pages, with minor smudges on some pages.
- Rubbing to the boards, with edge and corner wear.
- Wear at the spine ends and corners.
- A Private Library bookplate with a previous owner's name on the front pastedown.
- Light pencil notation and pricing on the front free endpaper.
Please view the photos. Scroll in to judge the condition. This is the actual book you will be receiving.
This 1898 Henry Altemus copy has its color frontispiece and sixty-five illustrations, and it suits a shelf of antique fairy tale books. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.
- Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
- Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
- Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
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