{"product_id":"grimms-fairy-tales-with-24-colour-plates-by-harry-g-theaker","title":"Grimm's Fairy Tales with 24 Colour Plates by Harry G Theaker","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful vintage hardback of Grimm's Fairy Tales was published by Ward, Lock and Co as part of the sunshine series. The book is undated but I'd estimate it to be from circa 1930's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book features a green cloth spine and illustrated paper boards. It's in good condition but does show significant wear to the board edges and corners - this has caused peeling and loss to the paper. There is slight air bubbling to the paper covering the front board, and a small tear to the edge. The boards are lightly marked and the spine is rubbed and chipped, with loss to the surface colour of the cloth. Crushing to the spine ends has caused slight splitting in the cloth.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eInside, there is a written inscription on the front free endpaper and the pages show light age toning and scattered foxing throughout. There is a small one inch tear to the bottom of one colour plate (opposite page 20) and another similar size tear to the bottom of page 41. There are some cracks to the gutter but no loose pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colour plates by Harry G Theaker are what make this a particularly delightful edition. He was perhaps best known for adding colour to the black and white illustrations of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. \u003cspan\u003eIn 1911, with the approval of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e illustrator John Tenniel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, he was commissioned by the book's publisher Macmillan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to colour sixteen of Tenniel’s plates. He famously \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecoloured her dress blue – which has remained the dress colour associated with Alice in popular imagination ever since.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions approximately 25cm x 19cm x 2.5cm. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll books purchased will be hand wrapped in patterned wallpaper and string.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI use a range of eco friendly, 100% recyclable jiffy bags and boxes, and whenever possible I use brown paper tape. The green bubbled wrap is biodegradable and the clear bubble wrap is 100% recyclable. I also reuse boxes when I feel it's appropriate (if the boxes are sturdy enough).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Vintage Bookworm UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57258712924533,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/9271\/8525\/files\/0F8DE500-1975-4330-A167-82D6AD6B99AE.jpg?v=1780826417","url":"https:\/\/thevintagebookworm.co.uk\/products\/grimms-fairy-tales-with-24-colour-plates-by-harry-g-theaker","provider":"The Vintage Bookworm UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}