"Grimm's Fairy Tales", by the Brothers Grimm, translated by E.V. Lucas, Lucy Crane, Marian Edwardes, illustrated by Fritz Kredel, published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, copyright 1945, the printing of 1972. 56 fairy tales.Original dust jacket [some wear and edge damages: see photos] hard cover, original decoratedl cloth, 5.1/2" x 8.1/2", color illustrated endpapers, 373 pages + 10 color plates, c.50 b/w text illustrations. A little soiling, very good condition.

Contents:

The Twelve Dancing Princesses. The Golden Bird. The Three Spinning Fairies.
The Three Children of Fortune. King Thrushbeard. Jorinda and Joringel.
The Wren and the Bear. The Twelve Brothers.
The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage. The Wolf and the Seven Goats.
Thumbling the Dwarf and Thumbling the Giant. Sweetheart Roland
The Goose Girl. The Cat and Mouse in Partnership.
The White Snake. The Frog Prince. The Pink.
The Queen Bee. Briar Rose/ Sleeping Beauty.
The Six Swans. The Fisherman and His Wife.
Rumpelstiltskin. Rapunzel. The Salad.
The Bremen Town Musicians. The Raven. Cinderella.
Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs. The Elves and the Shoemaker.
The Water of Life. The Gallant Tailor. The Golden Goose.
The Blue Light. The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean.
Fundevogel. Karl Katz. The Table, the Ass, and the Stick.
Red Riding Hood. The King of the Golden Mountain.
The Robber Bridegroom. The Turnip. The Seven Ravens.
Tom Thumb. The Clever Gretel. The Six Servants. Frederick and Catherine.
Snow-White and Rose-Red. The Four Accomplished brothers.
The Giant with the Three Golden Hairs.
How Six Traveled Through the World. Hansel and Gretel.
The Twelve Huntsmen. Faithful John.
Iron Hans. The Lady and the Lion.

Fritz Kredel was born in Michelstadt in Germany in 1900. For political reasons he emigrated to the USA in the 1930s, where he died in New York in 1973. He is an uncommon figure in the history of book art because he moved apparently effortlessly in, and between, two cultures. On both sides of the Atlantic Ocean he created an extensive oeuvre that is equally appreciated in Germany and in the USA. At the Paris World Exhibition of 1937 he was awarded the Gold Medal for book illustration and in the 1961 he designed the official seal for President John F. Kennedy. In Germany Kredel is appreciated as the most famous pupil and collaborator of Rudolf Koch and as a favored illustrator of the Insel-Verlag. In America he became famous as an illustrator of children's and juvenile books.

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