Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm Grimm, The Brothers and Kay Nielsen (illustrator) [Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm] CHILDREN'S BOOKS,ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

The trade edition of this illustrated classic from Kay Nielsen, with 22 full-page plates, 12 in color. The fairy tales include the title story, Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, and nineteen others. Nielsen (1886?1957) was born in Denmark. He is best known for his work, like this, in England and then the United States. He worked for the Walt Disney Company on the animated films Fantasia, The Little Mermaid, and Sleeping Beauty. xii, 13?310 pages. First trade edition (first printing with the B date code on the copyright page). A near fine copy; for this version, the plates are not protected with tissue guards and there is offsetting to the facing pages as a result. There are a couple of leaves with spots at the bottom margin. This copy has been rebound in full burgundy morocco with all edges gilt. The covers are delicately decorated with a wavy gilt border. The spine is divided into six panels with false bands; each panel is stamped in gilt. The endpapers are marbled paper with metallic gold ink highlights. The original cover and spine are laid down at the back. Doran issued a 600-copy signed, limited edition, in 1925 with the text printed in two colors, contemporaneous with the UK signed, limited. That is the first US edition; this trade issue followed the next year (based on newspaper reviews) and therefore (I assume) does not have the publisher's logo on the copyright page?which is how Doran usually denotes a first printing. It is not technically the first edition.