BUCKLEY, Michael. The Fairy-Tale Detectives. The Sisters Grimm Book One. Pictures by Peter Ferguson. NY: Amulet Books [2005]. 12mo, [viii] 288pp. Orange cloth stamped in gold with color pictorial label affixed to front and label affixed to back. Brown endpapers; 12 full-page b&w illustrations. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author, Michael Buckley. 

First edition. The first of nine books in Michael Buckley’s NY Times best-selling The Sisters Grimm series. Sabrina and Daphne learn they are descendants of the Brothers Grimm, who were actually detectives of the magical phenomenon perpetrated by the Everafters, a parallel race of magical beings. They soon discover it is the Grimm family's legacy to keep the Everafters in line and the two sisters are the sole heirs to this challenge!