Stories from Hans Andersen
London / New York: Ernest Nister / E. P. Dutton & Co., 1898 (n.d.).
Hardcover.
With six beautiful full-page captioned chromolithographic plates, twelve full-page captioned black and white illustrationsm, and numerous text vignettes by Evelyn Stuart Hardy. Translated from the Danish by W. Angeldorff. No date, circa 1898.
Twenty-nine classic stories from Hans Christian Anderson, including The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Clothes, and The Snow Queen.
Item #9018306-3/4 x 9", multi-color pictorial decoration to green cloth over thick beveled boards, gilt titles and decoration, all edges gilt, six full-page color lithographic plates with captions, twelve full-page black & white illustrations with captions, black & white illustrations throughout text.
Previous owner's bookplate first paste-down endpaper, small bookseller label rear paste-down endpaper, slight spine lean, only mild edge-wear to cloth, an extremely well-preserved copy with bright and colorful illustrations, very good indeed.
Price: $250.00