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Grimms' Fairy Tales, Hardcover by J. L. C.; Grimm, W. c.; Rackham, Arthur (IL.... Grimms' Fairy Tales, Hardcover by J. L. C.; Grimm, W. c.; Rackham, Arthur (ILT); Frith, Barbara (ILT); Harness, Peter (AFT), ISBN 1509826661, ISBN-13 9781509826667, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Designed to appeal to th lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library ars to love and treasure. For the past two centuries, these delightful stories, gathered together and written down by brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, have entertained and frightened children and adults alike. The lives of Tom Thumb, Cinderella, Rumplestiltskin and the Frog Prince form part of our common heritage: they stimulate the imagination and the heart, and linger at the back of our minds for a lifetime. They are funny, disturbing, wise and compassionate. They speak of joy and terror, happiness and revenge, love and violence.Arthur Rackham’s masterly illustrations have all been hand-coloured by Barbara Frith, one of Britain’s leading colourists.