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Publication: The Annotated Brothers Grimm: The Bicentennial Edition

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  • Publication: The Annotated Brothers Grimm: The Bicentennial EditionPublication Record # 398782
  • Authors: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
  • Date: 2012-10-15
  • ISBN: 978-1-62090-615-6 [1-62090-615-5]
  • Catalog ID: 1363021
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton / SFBC
  • Pub. Series: Annotated Books (Norton & Liveright)
  • Price:
    $17.99?$: US dollar
  • Pages: liii+496
  • Format:
    tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
  • Type: COLLECTION
  • Cover: The Annotated Brothers Grimm (2004) • by Chin-Yee Lai
  • Notes:
    • "Edited with a New Preface and Notes by Maria Tatar" stated on the front cover and title page. "Translations by Maria Tatar" stated on the title page.
    • Authors are credited as "Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm" on the title page.
    • "The Bicentennial Edition" stated on the front cover and title page. This edition has been expanded and updated from the 2004 edition, and has a new copyright of 2012.
    • "Book design by JAM Design" stated on the copyright page.
    • No printed price. Price from SFBC.com.
    • This book club edition is an exclusive softcover edition.
    • "1363021" printed in a white box at the bottom on the back cover.
    • Contains several hundred illustrations, including works by Arthur Rackham, Gustave Dore, George Cruikshank, Kay Nielson, Walter Crane, Maxfield Parrish, Wanda Gag, and others. Many of these are full-page color reproductions.
    • The collection is divided into five parts:
      • Part I: Tales (pages 1 - 390; consisting of 43 stories)
      • Part II: Tales for Adults (pages 391 - 418; consisting of 9 stories)
      • Part III: The Brothers Grimm: Biographical Essay (pages 419 - 430)
      • Part IV: Other Matters (pages 431 - 462; consisting of three prefaces written by Wilhelm Grimm)
      • Part V: The Magic of Fairy Tales (pages 463 - 482; a collection of several dozen extended quotes from various authors on the subject of fairy tales, presumably compiled by the editor)
    • "Jacket design by Chin Yee-Lai" printed on the back cover. It was created from illustrations by Paul Hey, Jessie Willcox Smith, Arthur Rackham, Warwick Goble, A. H. Watson, and L. Leslie Brooke.
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Collection Title: The Annotated Brothers Grimm • [The Brothers Grimm' Fairy Tales] • (2004) • collection by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

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