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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm born in 1785, is the older of two brothers known as Brothers Grimm, Wilhelm Karl Grimm is the other. Each author published books separately and these names should not be combined with each other nor with a combined name such as Brothers Grimm or Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Thanks. Individual books can be combined by ISBN if there is one. -- The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales is not at all equivalent to selections and editions intended for children.

Works by Jacob Grimm

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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Author) 7,170 copies, 49 reviews
Grimm's Fairy Tales 1,668 copies, 15 reviews
The Annotated Brothers Grimm 612 copies, 10 reviews
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves 591 copies, 16 reviews
Grimm's Grimmest 536 copies, 3 reviews
Little Red Riding Hood 324 copies, 13 reviews
The Juniper Tree: And Other Tales from Grimm 314 copies, 1 review
Hansel and Gretel 306 copies, 12 reviews
Grimm's Fairy Tales (Penguin Popular Classics) 256 copies, 1 review
Grimm's Fairy Tales (Author) 237 copies, 1 review
The Twelve Dancing Princesses 182 copies, 1 review
The Elves and the Shoemaker 176 copies, 10 reviews
Selected Tales (Brothers Grimm) (Penguin Classics) 174 copies
Hansel and Gretel (Little Golden Books) 159 copies, 2 reviews

Rumpelstiltskin 154 copies, 3 reviews

The Bremen Town Musicians 150 copies, 2 reviews

Snow White and Rose Red 150 copies, 5 reviews

The Complete Illustrated Stories of the Brothers Grimm 126 copies

Brave Little Tailor 108 copies

Fairy Tales 102 copies

Grimm's Fairy Tales (Wordsworth) 89 copies

Thorn Rose 89 copies, 1 review

The Frog Prince (We Both Read) 82 copies, 2 reviews

Deutsche Sagen 78 copies

Fairy Tales/Folk Tales (Classic Library Series) (also Author) 69 copies

Grimm's Fairy Tales: Twenty Stories illustrated by Arthur Rackham 65 copies, 1 review

Contes 61 copies

Die schönsten Märchen der Brüder Grimm 56 copies, 1 review

The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids 54 copies

Teutonic mythology 49 copies

The Golden Goose 46 copies, 2 reviews

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Also by Jacob Grimm

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Folklore and Fable: Aesop; Grimm; Andersen (Contributor) 340 copies, 1 review
The Big Book of Grimm (Author, some editions) 116 copies, 3 reviews
Iron John (some editions) 32 copies, 3 reviews
Favorite Tales from Grimm and Andersen (Author) 31 copies, 1 review
Best in Children's Books 07 (Contributor) 21 copies
Fisherman and the Turtle (some editions) 21 copies, 6 reviews
The Goose Girl: A Story from the Brothers Grimm (Author, some editions) 21 copies, 1 review
Seven at One Blow: A Tale from the Brothers Grimm (some editions) 12 copies, 1 review
Nanny Goat and the Seven Little Kids (some editions) 8 copies

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Canonical name

Grimm, Jacob

Legal name

Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl

Other names

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Гримм, Якоб

Date of birth

1785-01-04

Date of death

1863-09-20

Burial location

Gender

male

Nationality

Electorate of Hesse (Hessen in modern Germany)

Germany

Country (for map)

Germany

Birthplace

Hanau, Hesse, Germany

Place of death

Berlin, Germany

Places of residence

Hanau, Hesse, Germany

Göttingen, Germany

Berlin, Germany

Education

University of Marburg

Occupations

clerk (war office)

Relationships

Grimm, Wilhelm (brother)

Organizations

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Disambiguation notice

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm born in 1785, is the older of two brothers known as Brothers Grimm, Wilhelm Karl Grimm is the other. Each author published books separately and these names should not be combined with each other nor with a combined name such as Brothers Grimm or Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Thanks. Individual books can be combined by ISBN if there is one.
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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales is not at all equivalent to selections and editions intended for children.