Picture Book Studio, 1983/1882, 1st printing US. Shiny pictorial boards, taller version, 8.3x13.4; c 30 pp. Picture Book hardback. A retelling of the Nutcracker, with text shortened; still this is a chapter book with many coloured illustrations, rather than a picture book. more
Picture Book Studio, 1987/1882, 1st US., later smaller version, 9.5x8.5"; np. Picture Book hardback. Anthea Bell later simplified her original Zwerger book text for small children, using the original half page pictures for full page ones.(except the jacket/cover picture which is the wrong shape). This book is oblong, with the..... more