MAYER, Marianna. Beauty and the Beast. Illustrated by Mercer Mayer. NY: Four Winds Press [1978]. Oblong 4to, [48]pp. Mustard cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. Red endpapers; color illustrations on nearly every page. Lower spine ends a tad rubbed, some scuffing to cloth else a clean, tight copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (light creasing to top rear corner, spine ends a tad rubbed).

 

First edition. A gorgeous retelling of the classic Perrault fairy tale, wonderfully captured in Mercer Mayer’s lush and inviting watercolor illustrations.