Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen
by Andersen, Hans Christian
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Collins Clear-Type Press. Good with no dust jacket. [c1906]. Hardcover. Previous owner's inscription dated 1908. Moderate foxing, quite heavy on reverse of plates. One plate with 2" tear to blank inner margin. ; No date [c1906]. [vi], 7-206 pages + [2] pages advertisements + 4 colour plates (including frontispiece.) Red cloth baords with gilt panel on spine, illustration on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 182 x 120mm. Illustrated by "H. A." Twenty-three short stories, including: The Snow Queen; The Tinder-Box; The Old Street Lamp; The Little Match-Girl; The Bell; The Flax; The False Collar. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18481
- Title
- Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen
- Author
- Andersen, Hans Christian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Collins Clear-Type Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [c1906]
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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