1880s or 1890s The Sleeping Beauty And Other Stories, earliest Conkey Edition

Description: Undated but 1880s or 1890s based on art. Sleeping Beauty and Other, Stories Copiously Illustrated, W.B. Conkey Co.: Chicago, unpaginated but ~60 pp., 9.75” x 7.5” (8vo). Color pictorial front and rear covers pasted on burgundy cloth. Multiple short stories and vignettes, profusely illustrated in black and white throughout. Cover image is “Prince Florimund finds the Sleeping Beauty,” widely disseminated including Project Gutenberg and Wikipedia. No other copy of this edition foundfor sale worldwide; seems to be earliest Conkey printing of Sleeping Beauty. Suitable for your fairytale or children’s literature collection or as a bespoke gift. Condition is Very Good. Corners bumped, with edge wear and scuffs to front and rear covers (see photos). Interior pages are toned but otherwise clean and 100% intact. Tight binding. "Sleeping Beauty (French: La Belle au bois dormant, or The Beauty Sleeping in the Wood) is a fairy tale about a princess cursed by an evil fairy to sleep for a hundred years before being awakened by a handsome prince. A good fairy, knowing the princess would be frightened if alone when she wakes, uses her wand to put every living person and animal in the palace and forest asleep, to awaken when the princess does. The earliest known version of the tale is found in the French narrative Perceforest, written between 1330 and 1344. Another was the Catalan poem Frayre de Joy e Sor de Paser. Giambattista Basile wrote another, "Sun, Moon, and Talia" for his collection Pentamerone, published posthumously in 1634-36 and adapted by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697. The version collected and printed by the Brothers Grimm was one orally transmitted from the Perrault version, while including own attributes like the thorny rose hedge and the curse.” (from Wikipedia) We will ship USPS Media Mail. For international shipping, please contact us for a quote. If you have any questions about this or any of our books, feel free to contact us and/or request additional photos. Who are we: This is another listing from "Nana's Top Shelf," a collection of first editions and other fine volumes collected over a lifetime from estate sales and booksellers across the East Coast and Europe. The collection specializes in late 19th and early 20th century illustrated children's books, fairy tales and folklore.

Price: 69 USD

Location: Davis, California

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