The Sleeping Beauty

HYMAN, Trina Schart. The Sleeping Beauty. From the Brothers Grimm. Boston: Little, Brown [1977]. 8vo, [48]pp. Brown cloth stamped in gold. Marbled endpapers; color illustrations on every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Inscribed by the author/artist, Caldecott Medalist Trina Schart Hyman.

First edition. The first of Trina Schart Hyman’s achingly beautiful illustrated fairy tales, The Sleeping Beauty is one of her most lush and beautiful picture books. In spread after spread, Hyman captures the magic and grandeur of this ageless tale.