First issued in 1812 and enlarged in later editions, this collection gathers German-language folk narratives recorded and shaped by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. The tales include household stories of abandoned children, cruel step-parents, animal helpers, witches, soldiers, and peasants who win or lose by a bargain. Settings are forests, mills, palaces, and roads rather than a single kingdom. The brothers present the pieces as popular tradition, though they revised wording across editions. The book is an anthology of wonder tales and local legends, not a novel: a store of plots that return to hunger, kinship, and the sudden turn of luck.
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9 SubjectsFull blue cloth with a design in gold by Rackham. Pale green flecked endleaves with a design in blue by Rackham. Blue slipcase. Based closely.
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| 1st Printing | 1996 | — |
| 2nd Printing | 1997 | — |
| 3rd Printing | 1998 | — |
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| 14th Printing | 2011 | — |
| 15th Printing | 2013 | — |
| 16th Printing | 2015 | — |
| 17th Printing | 2018 | — |
| 18th Printing | 2021 | — |