Andersen's Fairy Tales
by Andersen, Hans Christian
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Rapid River, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
604-608 S. Washington Square, Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1920. No date; circa 1920. Dark green, fine coated cloth boards, color plate inset to entire front board, embossed gilt spine titles, moderate shelf wear, rub, spine crease. Frontispiece plate of swan and babe appearing from bud in petals. Pages very good; moderate toning, fox to exterior text block. Antiquarian inscription at front blank endpaper: "To Dear Gardner, On Christmas 1920, from Aunt Frances" Illustrated endpapers. Bind good; hinges intact. Illustrated w/eight beautiful color plates by W. Heath Robinson. Near very good example. Tales include: The Mermaid; Hans Clodhopper; The Flying Trunk; The Rose Elf; The Wild Swans; The Elf-Hill; The Real Princess; The Red Shoes; Thumbelisa; The Goblin and the Huckster; The Bottle Neck; The Steadfast Tin Soldier; The Angel; The Snail and the Rose-bush; The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf; The Nightingale; The Storks; Th Little Match Girl; Great Claus and Little Claus; The Garden of Paradise; The Snow Queen; The Emperor's New Clothes; The Naughty Boy; Holger the Dane; The Tinder Box; The Marsh King's Daughter; The Goloshes of Fortune; The Bell; Ole Lukoie, the Dustman; The Swineherd; The Traveling Companions; and, The Ugly Duckling. A Golden Book for children. Scarce example of this attractive edition with charming illustrative aspect. 459 pages. Insured post.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good. Illus. by Robinson, W. Heath. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Synopsis
Originally published in 1991, this collection of classic fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by internationally acclaimed artist Lisbeth Zwerger, has been expanded -- three stories added -- and completely redesigned.
Reviews
On Apr 9 2018, a reader said:
The book is awesome, but this posting is confusing. Are the illustrations the Syck originals, or have they been modified by E. Zeerger? It is a First Edition, But not THE first PUBLISHED edition, as that was in the 1950s. I have a copy of this, but the registration of the colors in the color plates was way off, making the illustrations difficult to view and appreciate, to put it mildly!!
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Details
- Bookseller
- BiblioStax
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018586
- Title
- Andersen's Fairy Tales
- Author
- Andersen, Hans Christian
- Illustrator
- Robinson, W. Heath
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- David McKay Company
- Place of Publication
- 604-608 S. Washington Square, Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1920
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
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- 12mo
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- Shelf Wear
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