Full Description
This beautiful hardback treasury brings together the best-loved tales of Brothers Grimm, with deluxe silver embossing and gilded page edges.
Illustrated with Arthur Rackham's original artwork, this delightful collection contains 80 stories, including some of the best known, such as 'Briar-Rose' (perhaps better known as 'Sleeping Beauty'), and 'Little Red-Cap' ('Little Red Riding Hood'), as well as some lesser known tales, like 'The Bremen Town Musicians', 'The Goose-Girl' and 'King Thrushbeard'. Filled with of cunning witches, dragon hoards and goblins spinning straw into gold, these Germanic stories are some of the most recognized and best-loved fairy tales of all time.
Also included:
• Hansel and Grethel
• Cinderella
• Rapunzel
• Snow White
• Rumpelstiltskin
With a silver embossed cover design, this edition makes a wonderful collectible for children and adults alike.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Gilded Classics series presents luxury gift editions of classics works, printed on opulent ivory paper, featuring hardcover Wibilin binding, foil-embossed cover designs, beautifully designed end-papers and gilded page edges. These make perfect collectibles for lovers of classic literature.
Contents
Introduction
The Frog King, or Iron Henry
Cat and Mouse in Partnership
Faithful John
The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was
The Golden Goose
The Wonderful Musician
Jorinda and Joringel
The Twelve Brothers
Rapunzel
The Three Spinners
Hansel and Grethel
Our Lady's Child
The Valiant Little Tailor
Cinderella
The Three Snake-Leaves
The Mouse, the Bird and the Sausage
Little Red-Cap
The Straw, the Coal and the Bean
The Bremen Town Musicians
Sweetheart Roland
Mother Holle
The Old Man and his Grandson
The Wishing-Table, the Gold Ass and the Cudgel in the Sack
The Singing Bone
The Turnip
The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs
The Fox and the Horse
The Elves
The Robber Bridegroom
The Six Swans
Old Sultan
Briar-Rose
Thumbling
Little Snow-White
Rumpelstiltskin
Thumbling as Journeyman
The Goose-Girl
Iron John
The King of the Golden Mountain
The Peasant's Wise Daughter
The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids
The Devil's Sooty Brother
Bearskin
The Three Army Surgeons
King Thrushbeard
The Seven Swabians
The Wedding of Mrs. Fox
The Devil and His Grandmother
The Juniper Tree
The Springing, Singing Lark
The Fisherman and His Wife
The Golden Bird
The Three Languages
The Iron Stove
The Shoes that Danced to Pieces
The Lazy Spinner
The Four Skilful Brothers
The Lambkin and the Little Fish
The White Snake
The Old Man Made Young Again
Snow-White and Rose Red
The Duration of Life
Hans in Luck
The Twelve Huntsmen
Death's Messages
The Willow-Wren and the Bear
The Hare and the Hedgehog
The Raven
The Crystal Ball
Fundevogel
The Boots of Buffalo-Leather
Three Little Men in the Wood
Clever Grethel
Clever Elsie
The Water of Life
The Girl Without Hands
The Seven Ravens
The Riddle
The Blue Light
