Author: Hans Andersen; Mrs. H. B. Paull [trans.]
Title: The White Swans and Other Tales
Description: London, Hildesheimer & Faulkner, 1885 . First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition thus of this collection of six tales from Hans Anderson, charmingly illustrated by English painter and illustrator Alice Havers. A first edition thus, being the first edition of these tales to feature the illustrations of Alice Havers, who exhibited her works at the Paris Salon, the Society of British Artists, and the Royal Academy. Queen Victoria herself purchased one of Havers's works.Illustrated throughout in colour by Havers.Collated, complete.This collection of Anderson's tales features 'The Daisy', 'The Brave Tin Soldier', 'The Conceited Apple-Branch', 'The White Swans', 'The Pea-Blossom' and 'The Little Match-Seller&apos.With a former owner's inscription, dated 1885, to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth backed, pictorial paper covered boards. Bumping to back strip heads and tails. Significant rubbing and handling marks to boards. Inscription to front free endpaper. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with handling marks throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Alice Havers. Very Good .

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