1970s VINTAGE Children's Book 1st Ed Paperback ILLUSTRATED Fairy Tale

Description: Hansel and Gretel retold from Grimm by Ruth Belov Gross published by Scholastic Book Services, New York, 1974, illustrated by Margot Tomes. Paperback. First Scholastic paperback edition, 5th printing. Hansel and Gretel is an old German fairy tale, collected by the German Brothers Grimm, originally published in 1812, and now retold by Ruth Belov Gross. Summary: Hansel and Gretel are abandoned in the forest by their stepmother and fall into the hands of a wicked witch who lives in an enchanting gingerbread house. The witch wants to fatten Hansel up and eat him but Gretel saves him by pushing the witch into her own oven, and escaping with the witch's treasure. When they return home, the stepmother has passed away, so Hansel, Gretel, and their loving father live happily ever after. CONDITION: This Book is in good condition. Book shows normal fairly minor signs of storage & age. Tight binding, clean text. Pages have turned yellow from age. Foxing to paper commensurate with age. The cover has been laminated. Previous ownership bookplate affixed to the endpaper pastedown at the front of the book. There are stamps from the previous owner on the pastedown endpapers at the front and at the back of the book, on the title page, on page 28, and on the last page of the book. Page 29 has a crease. This book is also an ex-library book. It has library markings, a book spine sticker, an 'old school' pocket for the checkout card, a due date card, and the checkout card. Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION.

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Location: Claremont, California

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