Gammer Grethel's Fairy Tales

360pp, black and white frontispiece tissue-guarded). Illustrated with numerous steel engravings. Blue cloth-covered boards; three colour illustration and titles on front, three colour illustration and gilt titles on spine. Wear to covers. Bumped spine ends and corners, cloth wearing through. Top text block edge gilt, other edges untrimmed and foxing. Binding loose. Missing front free endpaper. Front gutter reinforced with binder's tape. Previous owner's name written into 'This book belongs to' box on front paste down. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight, barring some foxing. No dust jacket. 8vo. From the popular stories of the brothers Grimm. Translated by Edgar Taylor.