Fairy Tales and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, circa 1930.
Hardcover. Very good / Good. Item #UB-17854
Like the children in the gloomy wood reading and summoning a host of fairies and forest creatures on the front cover of its uncommon dust jacket, this circa 1930 fairy tale tome is your key to "the beautiful colored dreams and fancies of Fairyland, its fascinating subjects and its enchantment..." Illustrated in a vividly colored frontispiece of the Little Mermaid by Walter S. Rogers, this collection holds over 50 beloved fairy tales by the great Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), the writer of novels, poems, travelogues, plays, and, of course, such enduring stories as "The Little Mermaid,” “Thumbelina," "The Snow Queen," and "The Ugly Duckling."
7 5/8" X 5 1/4". 392pp. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket, with Grosset & Dunlap catalog to verso. Heavy wear to uncommon dust jacket, with chipping, creasing, and tears to edges and extremities, as well as sunning to spine, but minimal losses. Bound in blue cloth over boards, with upper board lettered in green and black and spine lettered in black. Mild wear to binding, with gentle scattered rubbing to cloth and sunning to spine. Occasional scattered soiling and toning, else pages clean and unmarked.
Price: $45.00