Deluxe American large-paper edition of the <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Fairy%20Tales%20of%20the%20Brothers%20Grimm&amp;tab=objects" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm</a>, limited to only 50 copies <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> by the illustrator, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Arthur%20Rackham&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Arthur Rackham</a>.<ul><li>Wilhelm Grimm (German).</li><li>Jacob Grimm (German).</li><li>Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (English).</li><li>Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas.</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Doubleday Page,&nbsp;1909.</li><li>325, [1] pages.&nbsp;</li><li>Featuring 40 tipped-in color plates by Rackham with guards plus a profusion of full page and smaller black and whites.</li><li>Original full limp suede binding with yapp edges, gilt-ornamented spine, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, Moire endpapers, printed on fine paper.</li></ul> This is the only American limited edition of this title, never issued as a typical American limited edition.

Fairy Tales Of The Brothers Grimm | Signed by the Illustrator

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David Hockney b. 1937 Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm (Scottish Arts Council 70-108; Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 67-105) the book signed in pencil, inscribed 'Ed C.' and 'Artists proof II' on the justification page, the six loose etchings signed in pencil and inscribed 'Grimm Ed. C. A.P.' in ink verso the complete set of 45 etchings, including 39 bound and six loose (as issued) on Hodgkinson handmade wove paper, with title page, text, table of contents and justification, contained in the original blue leather-covered portfolio box, boards and slipcase each sheet (approx.): 455 by 309 mm. 18 by 12¼ in. overall: 477 by 325 by 48 mm. 18⅞ by 12⅝ by 1⅞ in. Executed in 1969-70, this example is an artist's proof set aside from the edition of 100, printed by the Print Shop, Amsterdam, published by Petersburg Press, London. (45 prints)

View 1 of Lot 32: Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm (Scottish Arts Council 70-108; Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 67-105)

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