New York, New York, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Date: 2004. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Oversized hardcover( in 459 pages) containing 46 tales with annotations (explanatory notes in margins) that really bring the stories to life & increase your understanding of them! Includes beloved children's favorites, along with a good selection of tales written for adults; an essay on the origins & cultural effects of the tales; a biographical essay on the Brothers Grimm; the original prefaces to the first & second editions of the tales; a section of lovely quotes from famous writers on "The Magic of Fairy Tales;" & an Introduction by author A.S. Byatt. Translated, edited, & annotated by Maria Tatar. Beautiful woodcut & full color illustrations throughout by original illustrators Kay Nielsen, Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane, George Cruikshank, & more. A FIRST EDITION, Second Printing from 2004, this book is beautiful, but downgraded to Near Fine because it is an Ex-Lib copy marred by the usual stamps & markings to front matter & bottom/top outside page edges. Otherwise, it appears nearly new & never read! Pages completely white & unmarked, illustrations bright & colorful, binding straight & strong. The unclipped DJ is Fine, as it has been protected under library mylar since new: colorful & bright. DJ is taped to inside covers, so we can't show you the front of the book itself ...