Grimm s Household Tales / Brothers Grimm / Mervin Peake

Mervyn Laurence Peake was a British writer and illustrator. Before he became a cult author through the fantasy novel cycle Gormenghast, he was mostly appreciated for his book illustrations.

First Edition with 56 drawings in black and white and five coloured plates. This edition is based chiefly on the Bohn collection of 1884 for which Andrew Lang wrote the introduction, but a few stories from other versions have been included.