Description

This vintage edition of Grimms’ Fairy Tales was published as part of the “Classics to Grow On” series by Parents’ Magazine Press (under Parents’ Institute) in 1966. This edition was translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas & features illustrations by Arthur Rackham. It was curated for children and young adults as a durable hardcover designed to encourage a lifelong love of literature.

The “Classics to Grow On” series is highly sought after by vintage book collectors today due to its distinct uniform spine styling, mid-century cover artwork, and aesthetic appeal on home library shelves. This has orange spine with an iconic colorful diamond pattern featuring small story-themed illustrations on the front cover.

Grimms’ Fairy Tales, originally known as the Children’s and Household Tales, is a German collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, first published in 1812. This delightful book contains over 30 200 traditional stories translated from their great fairy tale collection. Such well-loved favorites as ‘The Frog Prince’, ‘Cinderella’, ‘Rapunzel’, ‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’, Rumpelstiltskin’, and ‘Snow White’ appear in their original versions in these pages, alongside a wealth of less well-known stories like ‘King Thrushbeard’ and ‘Clever Elsa’. These tales of adventure and enchantment are as humorous, exciting and magical now as when this collection first appeared in print over 130 years ago.