King Grisly-Beard
by Brothers Grimm, Illustrated by Maurice Sendak
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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cremona, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
N.Y.: Farrar, Straus, Giroux Hard Cover. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4. Translated by Edgar Taylor, 1823. This is the 1973 edition with the witty illustrations by maurice Sendak. This copy as new: bright, clean cover -Glazed paper cover with ill ust of king Grisly-Beard and the princess who is dressed as a Kitchen-maid. Entire book is tight and clean. Endpapers are pristine - no former owner's name. Sendak's pictures are wonderful and appear on every page. he depicts 2 children who read a sign: Wanted! Extraordinary Actor and Actress to play the leading roles in Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm's Fabulous King Grisly-Beard - Inquire within". All s ubsequent illust of the story, have the 2 children in the principal roles. A marvelous interpretarion of this old folk tale. Overall cond: fine..
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- Bookseller
- Ghost River Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001722
- Title
- King Grisly-Beard
- Author
- Brothers Grimm, Illustrated by Maurice Sendak
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- N.Y.: Farrar, Straus, Giroux
- Keywords
- MAURICE SENDAK, BROTHERS GRIMM, PRINCESS FOLKLORE PICTURE BOOK CHILDREN'S L IT
- Bookseller catalogs
- Folklore;
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About the Seller
Ghost River Books
Biblio member since 2004
cremona, Alberta
About Ghost River Books
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