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Gammer Grethel or German Fairy Tales and Popular Stories
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| Author(s): | Brothers Grimm |
| Illustrator(s): | George Cruikshank Ludwig Grimm |
| Translator(s): | David Jardine Edgar Taylor |
| Publisher(s): | John Green |
| Year Published: | 1839 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | Fairy Tales - Classic |
| Age Range: | Ages 5-7: Early Reader Books |
| Pages: | 350 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| OCLC: | 4987634 |
Description
This was the third edition of the Edgar Taylor translation of Grimm. It dispensed with the academic apparatus and included additional illustrations by Ludwig Grimm.
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