Description: Likely first edition from 1934. Acceptable. Pages and endpapers quite good. Cover tearing on spine, edges are frayed, rough. The illustrations are in very good shape. No foxing. Please look at all photos and ask questions. The Pied Piper of Hamelin is the subject of a legend from the town of Hamelin, Lower Saxony, Germany, in the Middle Ages. The earliest references describe a piper, dressed in multicolored clothing, who was a rat-catcher hired by the town to lure rats away with his magic pipe. But then the citizens refuse to pay for this service, and he retaliates by using his instrument’s magic power on their children, leading them away like he did with the rats. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was one of the premier illustrators of the early 20th Century. He illustrated many books, the first of which was published in 1893. Throughout his career he had developed a very individual style that is was to influence a whole generation of children, artists and other illustrators. His haunting humour and dreamlike romance adds to the enchantment and fantasy of children’s literature.
Price: 45 USD
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Place of Publication: London
Signed: No
Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co, Ltd
Subject: Children's
Year Printed: 1934
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: Arthur Rackham
Special Attributes: Illustrated, 1st thus edition
Author: Browning, Robert
Region: Great Britain
Personalized: No
Topic: Fairy Tales & Fantasy
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Character Family: Pied Piper
