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WILLIAMS-ELLIS**, AMABEL - Retold by: : GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES. [Illustrated by Fritz Wegner. **]

LONDON.BLACKIE & SON,LIMITED,1961.

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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st reprint. [Originally and first published UK,by this publisher,1959.This listing is it's 1st reprint, so a 1st thus edn.] NFINE/NFINE. Owner inscrptn to reverse of front free endpaper's top corner, but no price-clip (18/- net) to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around,colour pictorial panoramic,scenic countryside artwork by Fritz Wegner,illustrated d/w with each capitalised,grey-lettered word of title within a horizontal,rectangular white panel/box superimposed over front's illustration with author's capitalised,white-lettered name to front's lower edge.A non-sunned nor faded spine/backstrip or appears so; capitalised grey-lettered title at head,capitalised cream -lettered author name,and publisher's capitalised,black -lettered name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj without lettering. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,top edges with some minimal laminate peel and wrinkling - but no major nicks,no tears or splits present.Top edges coloured red,fore-edges lightly aged/toned with minimal,random,sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight and clean - near pristine - but for a tiny snick on lower edge of pp103/04 with resultant small folded creases to either side of nick,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered, original plain red cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked capitalised,gilt-lettered title and decorative underscore beneath it,to upper board; bright,crisp,blocked capitalised,gilt-lettered spine/backstrip,a red+cream striped headband,and immaculate repeated woodland scene and figures,monochrome illustrated endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st reprint,11-341pp [paginated] includes 36 fairy tales,16 (includes frntis) full-page,full-colour illustrations,plus profuse thumbnail,part-page,random tailpieces and some part-double-page b/w line illustrations all by Fritz Wegner throughout the text and the book,and to the rear,a Biographical Note (I-VI) the author on Grimm Bros,and Notes on each of the 36 tales.Plus [unpaginated] half-title, colour frntis,black+green thumbnail illustrated title page,separate Contents+Illustrations lists/tables - the latter with an accidental top corner tip crease,and a dedication. Visually,the external appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 60+ year-old age and nature], i.e. a dustwrapped children's book. It is only the minimal faults described that prevent a slightly higher grading overall. Despite that,it really is still an exemplary example for it's lack of other age-acquired detracting faults commonly encountered in a chidren's book of its age. The fairy stories gathered by the brothers Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm are favourite,indeed indispensable,reading for all children.Amabel Williams-Eliis is well-known for her skil in re-telling for young children the great stories of the world,and here she has made a discriminating choice from the Grimm brother's comprehensive collection and written,in her customary fluent and direct style,a new edition which must surely please a new generation of readers. Notes on the sources and history of the stories are included, and add to this edition's value for all those who are interested in European folklore. Amabel Williams-Ellis (nee Mary Annabel Nassau Strachey; b. 10 May 1894 – d. 27 August 1984) was an English writer,critic,and an early member of the Bloomsbury Group.As well as publishing her own writings,Williams-Ellis was a prolific editor,translator, and anthologist,compiling collections of fairy stories,folk tales,and science fiction.Well known as an authority on fairy tales and folklore the success of the companion volumes which she has retold,'Fairy Tales from the British Isles' - see my book ID rja1176624, and 'Round the World Fairy Tales', along with 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' - see my book ID rja1176724,and 'The Arabian Nights' - see my book ID rja1176824,endorses her name as a guarantee that what really like can be found inside. Over the course of her life,Williams-Ellis wrote more than 40 books.These included novels,children's books and histories.She wrote regularly for periodicals,and edited multiple volumes of folk legends,fairy tales,and science fiction. 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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st reprint.
Not SIGNED.

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