Grimm’s Folk Tales~1949~First Edition~Eleanor Quarrie~George Cruikshank~Hand-Colored Etchings~The Folio Society~Rare~Free Shipping.

This rare volume has a red cloth binding.  The etchings are hand colored.  The binding is tight.  No markings or inscriptions.  Minor cover wear.  This translation first published by the Folio Society in 1949.  It is a first edition.  This fine volume is very collectible!  Thanks for looking.

“The purpose in offering an entirely new translation is to present the authentic folktale in the form, given to it by the Grimms striving after fidelity to a classic original without sacrificing the spirit to the letter.”  Eleanor Quarrie 

“George Cruikshank or Cruickshank (/ˈkrʊkʃæŋk/ KRUUK-shank; 27 September 1792 – 1 February 1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience.

Cruikshank's early work was caricature; but in 1823, at the age of 31, he started to focus on book illustration. He illustrated the first, 1823 English translation (by Edgar Taylor and David Jardine) of Grimms' Fairy Tales, published in two volumes as German Popular Stories.

For Charles Dickens, Cruikshank illustrated Sketches by Boz (1836), The Mudfog Papers (1837–38) and Oliver Twist (1838). He also illustrated Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi (1838), which Dickens edited under his regular nom de plume, "Boz". Cruikshank even acted in Dickens's amateur theatrical company.” - From Wikipedia 

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