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McLoughlin Bros, 1893. Hardcover. Good. .

McLoughlin Bros., 1878T. hardcover. Good. . Cover shows minor wear, tear, rubbing, and edgewear. Loose/torn hinges. Gift inscription from 1899 on the front endpaper. Pages are tanned with some minor scattered foxing.

New York, New York: McLoughlin Bros., Publishers, 1890. Hardcover. Fair. Vintage collection from the late-19th-early 20th century (no date in book, c. 1890 per publisher) of 68 classic fairy tales from Andersen, illustrated throughout the 284 pages with pen-and-ink drawings + a full-color frontispiece depicting "A Christmas Eve Dream" (artist unattributed). With deep red cloth over boards stamped with a colorful illustration & gilt lettering to front/black lettering & cat design to spine, this hardcover quarto to (8.25" x 01.5") is in Fair condition: text block is secure, but binding has cracked & been reglued, but ffep & frontispiece are completely loose. Pages generally clean with the occasional smudge; 2 pages have tears, one taped, & there is old tape offsetting to endpapers. One page has some pen scribbles, else completely unmarked. Heavy rubbing to extremities with cloth loss at both ends of spine & all corners. Still, a lovely copy for its vintage… Read More

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: George Routledge and Sons. Collectible - Acceptable. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1866. 1st edition. Sm 8vo hardcover. vi+948pp. 220 illustrations by A. W. Bayes. Poor book. Spine and front board detached. Rear hinge and joint cracked. Gifter's inscription on flyleaf. Loring, Short & Harmon Bookbinders label on rear pastedown. Inquire if you need further information.

1872. London, Routledge & Sons, 1872. Cont. (orig. ?) blue full cloth w. gilt title to back (Hayes & Son, Oxford). First few leaves brownspotted. Early edition of the famous Andersen-translation, "Stories for the Household".In 1864 Dulcken published his first translation of some of Andersen's fairy tales, "Stories and Tales". In 1865 or 1866 he publishes his second, "What the Moon Saw: And Other Tales", profusely illustrated; together these to translations make up the 9th Andersen fairy tale translations to appear in English. In 1866 a collected edition of all the fairy tales from Dulcken's two collections plus two other ones appeared in one volume under the title "Hans Christian Andersen's Stories for the Household", with 220 illustrations. Dulcken's translations became exceedingly popular and were reprinted numerous times. Dulcken is considered one of the three best contemporary Andersen fairy tale-translators.