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FAIRY TALES BY HANS ANDERSEN

by Hans Christian Andersen

Illustrated by Kay Nielsen

Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st. 1924

Almost very good condition. Sumptuous light blue moire silk binding, gilt decorated front cover and spine. 12 superb colour plates plus 17 full-page line drawings and numerous other decorations. Cream pictorial endpapers. 197 pages. 11.25 x 8.75".

Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Light scuff marks to rear cover. 1" to edge of front cover looks to have been nibbled by a rodent(?). Name plate to front pastedown has been removed. There is damage to the preliminary pages and to the rear endpapers that was possibly caused by bookworm (damage finishes at list of illustrations, the frontis mount is damaged by the frontis remains in fine condition. Light foxing to contents. All plates are present and in fine condition.

Stock no. 1313225

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Contents

  • The Tinder Box
  • Greta Claus and Little Claus
  • The Real Princess
  • The Hardy Tin Soldier
  • The Flying Trunk
  • Ole Luk-Oie
  • The Swineherd
  • The Nightingale
  • The Snow Queen
  • The Red Shoes
  • The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweeper
  • The Shadow
  • The Shirt Collar
  • The Bottle-Neck
  • The Elder Tree Mother
  • The Story of a Mother

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