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TALES OF PASSED TIMES WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN, Perrault, illustrations by John Austen, hardcover with dust jacket, stated ?first printed 1922.? BOOK CONDITION: good. The text block is in very good condition with no tears, dog-ears, or marks. Several pages have cracks along the spine but no separation or loosening. There is no bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. The green cloth boards are in good condition (lightly bumped corners and spine, unnoticeable short slit near the spine, two shallow ?dents? on the back cover). The dust jacket, covered in plastic, is in fair condition (chipping and tears along edges). 8 ¾ x 7, 63 pages, 11 ounces XX Contents: Little Red Riding Hood, The Fairy, Blue Beard, The Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, Cinderella, Riquet With the Tuft, Tom Thumb. [About the author] Charles Perrault (12 January 1628 ? 16 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales, published in his 1697 book Histoires ou contes du temps passé. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon Rouge ("Little Red Riding Hood"), Cendrillon ("Cinderella"), Le Maître chat ou le Chat botté ("Puss in Boots"), La Belle au bois dormant ("Sleeping Beauty"), and Barbe Bleue ("Bluebeard"). Some of Perrault's versions of old stories influenced the German versions published by the Brothers Grimm more than 100 years later. The stories continue to be printed and have been adapted to opera, ballet, theatre, and film. Perrault was an influential figure in the 17th-century French literary scene and was the leader of the Modern faction during the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns. [About the artist] John Archibald Austen (Dover, (Kent), 5 January 1886 ? Hythe, Kent, 27 October 1948) was a British book illustrator. He moved to London in 1906 where he studied art. His early works, including a fine Hamlet, were Beardsleyesque in style, but after 1925 he was influenced by the Art Deco movement. Austen used several techniques in his illustrations, including wood-engraving and scraperboard, and changed styles to suit the text he was illustrating. He was also involved in advertising, producing adverts, several posters & numerous dustwrapper designs. The novelist Dorothy Richardson wife of Alan Odle wrote about him in John Austen and the Inseparables (London: William Jackson, 1930). Seller Inventory # 001678
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Title: Tales of Passed Times Written for Children
Publisher: Selwyn & Blount Ltd.
Publication Date: 1922
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Austen, John (Illust.)
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
