BIG BOOK OF FAIRY TALES - 1st 1911 - C. Robinson ILLUSTRATED FAIRYTALES

THE BIG BOOK OF FAIRY TALES Book Details + Condition: Blackie and Son, Ltd. (London and Glasgow). First Edition, 1911 (nd). Large hardcover with dark red boards; embossed design to front, and ornately gilded spine. Top edge gilt. 344 pages. Beautifully illustrated by Charles Robinson, with 200 illustrations including 34 full-page images - 12 in full color, 16 in black & red, and 6 in b&w. Walter Jerrold's collection of 30 classic tales, from storytellers including Aesop, Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Robert Southey as well as anonymous sources. Fairytales include:- Cinderella- Jack and the Beanstalk- The Three Bears- The Ugly Duckling- Aladdin- Little Red Riding Hood- Rumpel-stilts-kin- The Frog Prince- And many more.Inner hinge cracked but binding remains firm; rubbed corners and edges; wear to boards; chafed spine ends; old tape residue to upper & lower hinges on boards; some foxing to first and last few pages, with the occasional age-