Crane Lucy Translator (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 332 pages. 6.00x0.75x9.00 inches. In Stock. Crane, Walter (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 332 pages. 6.00x0.75x9.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title. Crane, Walter (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Beautiful, Walter Crane illustrated first edition of Household Stories from the collection of the Bros Grimm or 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' as we know them today. Classic tales include: Sleeping Beauty, the Frog Prince, Rapunzel, Hansel and Grethel, Snow White, Tom Thumb and many others. Featuring over 180 illustrations, headpieces, tailpieces and ornate initials by Crane. This copy includes 8 additional Crane illustrations in the form of cut out sections of bookmarks designed by Crane and commissioned by The Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual Life Assurance Society from 1913 (a former owner has attached them to the front endpaper/prelim pages). Olive green, red and white decorated boards with design/lettering to front and spine, red edged text block, 269pp, very good condition with only very slight bumping to head and tail of spine (spine solid and secure). Internally: bookplate to front pastedown and small holes to ffep. Some blue ink scribbles to top of prelim with the Crane bookmark cutouts on. Rear of last text page has a small cutout illustration of a smoking rabbit attached to the top! All in all a very good copy with associated Walter Crane ephemera.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The lovely first Walter Crane illustrated edition of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales, lavishly illustrated with over 100 drawings. The first Crane illustrated edition of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. In the publisher's decorative cloth binding. Illustrated half title, frontispiece, title, initials, head and tail pieces, ten plates, and many in-text illustrations by influential children's book designer Walter Crane. Translated from the German by his sister Lucy Crane, a writer, art critic and translator. Featuring classic tales such as Cinderella, Tom Thumb, Snow-White, Rumpelstiltskin and Rapunzel. Originally known as the Children's and Household Tales but now better known as Grimm's Fairy Tales, this is a delightful edition of this seminal work of Western children's literature. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Externally, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities, causing slight fraying to the head of the spine. Front hinge tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional light scattered spots. Heavy spotting to the title page and frontispiece, including to the tissue guard. Contemporary ink inscription to the verso of the front free endpaper. Very Good. Walter Crane (illustrator). book. …