Mainz: Verlag Jof. Scholz, Scholz' Künstler-Bilderbücher #4565 (1930?); heavy gray boards which enclose 3 board pages (not flat trimmed), red page edges with rounded corners, picture of the witch's rather plain bread cottage on the front, b. German language hardback. medium. An attractive board book with a spirited Gretel and.....
Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard, 1986/1985, 1st printing Am. Full colour shiny pictorial boards, 7.5x8.8; 57 pp. Picture Book hardback. Animal Tales from Grimm with playful watercolour and ink illustrations.
Rochester, NY: Stecher Litho Company, (1929) No. 52; ivory illustrated card covers with the girls brushing snow off a happy bear with a broom, dancing and hugging him on the back; 10 x 10.5; np. Toploader large softcover. Such a nice bear, which must be why I bought it years.....
Atheneum, 1975, 1st printing Am. 11.8x8.4. Picture Book hardback. Cheerful, lively, and bright, pen and watercolour drawings on a light background.
New York: Atheneum, 1965, stated 1st printing Am; white boards with Hans galloping on his horse, green endpapers with blue and white flowers, in jacket identical to boards; oblong 8.4x11.8; np. Picture Book hardback. In this old tale, Hans feels lucky every time he makes an exchange, from gold to.....
London: Oxford U, 1963/1962,1st Eng.; pictorial boards with Ravens flying away, cloth spine, 12x8.4" oblong; np. Picture Book hardback. These simple and elegant paintings set in a quiet modern environment, bring out the sister's steadfast love for her brothers.
New York: Atheneum, 1965, stated 1st printing Am; white boards with Hans galloping on his horse, green endpapers with blue and white flowers, in jacket identical to boards; oblong 8.4x11.8; np. Picture Book hardback. In this old tale, Hans feels lucky every time he makes an exchange, from gold to.....
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1970/1969, 1st printing US; brown clothbacked white boards with picture of the minstrel and his princess bride, brown endpapers, 8.4x11.9; np. Picture Book hardback. When the selfish princess insults her royal suitor, the king has had enough. She will have to marry the first.....
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1970/1969, 1st printing US; brown clothbacked white boards with picture of the minstrel and his princess bride, brown cloth spine, brown endpapers, in jacket identical to boards; 8.4x11.9; np. Picture Book hardback. When the selfish princess insults her royal suitor, the king has had.....
New York: Atheneum, 1974/1973 second printing, with 1974 on title page; white boards with the new parents looking at tiny Tom Thumb, in jacket identical to boards, oblong 11.75x8.5; np. Picture book hardback. A modern conservative (horse wagon) farm family gets their desire! A tiny mischievous son.
New York: Harcourt 1959/1957, stated 1st printing US. using 1958 Oxford English translation, printed in Switzerland, pictorial binding with painting of little kids opening the door to the wolf, in jacket identical to boards; oblong 11.75x8.5", np. Picture Book Hardback. Humorous and glowing pictures of the little kids and their.....
London: Oxford University Press, 1958/1957, 1st printing sd and "first printed" and 1958 1st English translation, printed in Switzerland by the original printer; pictorial binding with painting of little kids opening the door to the wolf (thinner boa. Picture Book Hardback. Humorous and glowing pictures of the little kids and.....
Tornai, Belgium and Paris: Casterman, Les Albums de l'age d'0r, 1947; in French; tan spine, fully illustrated top board with a stocky brown flower-sniffing troll on the cover almost as tall as the book; grey pictorial endpapers; 23x30.5 cm; 32 pp. French Belgian language hardback tall. Contains Blanche Neige (Snow.....
London: Bodley Head, 1970, true 1st, "first published"; a Bodley Head Fairy Tale Picture Book with historical note, edited by Kathleen Lines, text adapted from a translation by Miss May Sellar; turquoise cloth boards, in turquoise and white jacket wi. Picture book hardback. Each spread in this book is illustrated.....
New York: Henry Z. Walck, Inc 1971/1970, 1st US, nap; Walck Fairy Tales with Historical Notes, edited by Kathleen Lines, text adapted from a translation by Miss May Sellar; turquoise cloth boards, in turquoise and white jacket with the two children, Picture book hardback. Each spread in this book is.....
Toronto: Doubleday, 1996, 1st Canadian; printed and bound in Belgium; shiny boards with deep blue sky with golden stars and the princesses dancing through a maze of silver vines and golden ferns, all dressed in beautiful brocades, all delicate and al. Picture Book Hardback. "internationally acclaimed illustrator Jane Ray brings.....
Abelard Schuman, 1972/1971, 1st printing US. Full colour wraparound pictorial binding, reinforced, 7x9.8; 4r pp. Picture Book Hardback, ex-lib. With large pictures by Ardizzone on every page, every other spread in colour.
Doubleday, 1981, 2nd; 64 pp. Juvenile hardback. A Reading-on-my-Own Book, retelling a Grimm tale about a woodcutter's son who climbs a tree and frees a genie.
New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard, Inc, 1946, 1st nap, A Lothrop Color Storybook; illustrations, on cover, jacket, and every spread, are colour photos of dolls in diorama, facing pages with text and small b/w drawings; glazed paper boards with a. Picture Book Hardback. A very charming presentation of the.....
New York, Dutton, 1997, 1st printing. Picture Book hardback. A new retelling with gorgeous pictures inspired by the early Italian Renaissance. Caldecott Medal.
Wiesbaden: Jos. Scholz - Mainz, Verlag [40's much later reprint], #10; yellow boards with large illustration of Mother grinding coffee next to the stove while kids play around; blue cloth spine, flat cut with rounded corners; oblong 29 x 22.5; np. German language hardback. oblong. A generously sized version of.....
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd 1982.1st, nl; designed by Sharon Black, cream cloth binding, opens to black and white illustrated title page; in all around illustrated jacket in blues and browns with the fisherman sitting on a d. Picture Book hardback. The Grimm tale recast in the author's home.....
Marburg, Elwert-Gräfe and Unzer, no date (reprint); blue paper wraps with blue paper spine, titles and cover drawing in dark brown; one full page on half title and many coloured pictures in text; 18 x 24 cm; np. German language softcover medium. Also contains der Schneider im Himmel (the Tailor.....
Chicago: Children's Press, The Child's World (1980); white pictorial cloth boards with shoemaker sewing elf shoe, cat snoozing, Christmas tree; 6.25x8.2"; 32 pp. Picture Book hardback. SIGNED and briefly INSCRIBED by author on title page.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971, stated 1st printing. Green half cloth, 266 pp. Reference biography, hardback. Detailed, with bibliography and index.