Joel Wells - Grim Fairy Tales for Adults - First Edition

WELLS, Joel, [FITSCHEN, Marilyn, illustrator].

Grim Fairy Tales for Adults.

New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1967.

FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.vi; 122. Publisher's light blue cloth blocked in gilt and dark blue to spine and upper. Dust-jacket with printed price of $3.95. Illustrated.

Trace of a previous booksellers pencil price to flyleaf, previous owners name in ink to title page. Internally fine, lightly toned to edges. Binding lightly rubbed to extremities. Dust-jacket shows very well, lightly rubbed to extremities. Near fine.

A collection of pastiche fairy tales written in the styles of Ian Fleming, Evelyn Waugh, Ayn Rand, James Joyce and more.