Description:
1922, Stories from Hans Andersen, with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. First trade edition. Published by Hodder & Stoughton: New York & London, 250 pp., 11" by 9" (4to). Brown cloth boards with embossed gilt lettering and pictorial on cover and spine. Color tipped-in plates by Dulac.First edition, with Dulac's classic illustrations, make this
one of art literature's most sought-after volumes, with some condition issues (see below). VG copies of this book run several multiples of the price here.
Condition is Fair. Bumped corners and wear to edges of boards. Frayed hinges, but binding is still sound. Pages are clean and bright. Plates on p. 89 and 95 are missing; others are crisp and clean.
About the Stories: "Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes and translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of… Read More
