Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Title: Stories from Hans Andersen
Description: London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1911/1912 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated edition of the beloved children's stories and fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, with colour plates from Edmund Dulac. As the title page of this copy has been removed, it is impossible to determine if this is the first trade edition of 1911, or the second edition of 1912.A well-loved collection of children's fairy tales by renowned nineteenth-century author Hans Christian Andersen. Including his noted stories, 'The Snow Queen', 'The Emperor's New Clothes', 'The Garden of Paradise', 'The Nightingale', 'The Real Princess', and 'The Wind's Tale&apos. These tales, while being charming, witty, and fun, offer lessons of virtue, resilience, and honesty to children and adults alike. Illustrated twenty-seven beautiful tipped-in illustrated plates in colour. Collated, the tipped in frontispiece and title page have been removed.These plates are the work of celebrated artist and book illustrator Edmund Dulac.During his lifetime, Hans Christian Andersen wrote one hundred and fifty-six of these fairy tales, spanning over nine volumes. They have been embedded within Western culture and have been translated into over one hundred and twenty-five languages. A beautifully illustrated example of the work of this prolific children's author. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with a touch of fading to back strip. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Title page and frontispiece removed. Pages otherwise exceptionally bright, with the odd handling mark to page perimeters. Good . Ill.: Edmund Dulac. Good .

Keywords: hans christian andersen the snow queen edmund dulac hans andersen the snow queen Edmund Dulac


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