1982 English edition of Grimms' Fairy Tales illustrated by Czech artist Ludek Manasek.

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Written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Illustrated by Ludek Manasek. Translated by Vladimir Varecha. First English edition, 1982. First published in Czechoslovakia in 1979. Cathay Books.

The Peasant's Wise Daughter

"There was once a poor peasant who had no land, but merely a small hovel and an only daughter. One day the daughter said, "We should be our lord the King for a little piece of newly-cleared land." When the King heard about their misery, he even made them a gift of a little plot of grass land. She and her father dug it up and were going to sow a little rye and corn. They had almost dug and turned the field when they suddenly found in the earth a mortar made of pure gold."

Ludek Manasek (1929 - 2003) was a well-regarded Czech artist who illustrated over 100 works, with a special affection for fairy tales and fables, such as Persian fairy tales by Jaroslav Tichý, and Grimm's fairy tales. One of the most notable editions of Grimms' Fairy Tales is the book illustrated by Manasek, with colorful, detailed and expressive illustrations that capture the mood and atmosphere of each story, and his own touches of humor and whimsy.

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Condition: Very Good/Very Good. Dust jacket: Light shelf wear; on the front, indentation on the front, upper edge, created by a paper clip; leftover glue from paper label, top right corner. Gold-embossed beige cloth cover boards: Small black dot on back cover; fainter dot on back paste down, behind back flap. Pages are clean, undamaged, and complete.

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