Brothers Grimm. LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER. Constable: London, 1917.

Price: US$517.50 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Spine has Dodd Mead, not Constable. Thirteen tipped-in color plates and text illus. by Arthur Rackham, light grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, top edge gilt, foredge and bottom edge deckled, 250pp, blank endpapers. Covers well worn, heavily soiled, BLANK PAGE AFTER HALF TITLE DETACHED AND MISSING THE TIPPED-IN ILLUS., frontis has creased corner (lacks the loose tissue guards), textblock cracked, occasional smudging else good to very good condition. This edition, which is signed and limited, doesn't have all the points listed in the bibliography. This book is published/printed by Constable in spite of the American publisher's name being on the spine. LIMITED TO 525 COPIES, THIS IS NUMBER 444, SIGNED BY RACKHAM ON THE LIMITATION PAGE AND ON THE PAGE THAT IS MISSING ITS TIPPED-IN COLOR PLATE. Obviously SCARCE. SWAF.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.