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Andersen's Fairy Tales
By
Hans Christian Andersen
Collins.
Undated; probably circa 1920.
Buff paper-covered boards with blue lettering and decoration.
175mm x 125mm.
Picture only front cover.
Colour frontis and title page (unattributed).
No other illustrations.
Slight wear to edges of covers.
Very good condition.
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Fairy Tales
By
Hans Christian Andersen
2nd Thus edition, 1949, Collins.
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
320 pages.
Seagull Library edition.
Dustwrapper by A. H. Watson.
Dustwrapper worn and heavily chipped.
Small nick in binding at base of front cover.
Names and date on front endpaper.
No illustrations inside book.
Pages generally clean, but occasional spotting on text and fore edge.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
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Fairy Tales from Hans Andersen
By
Hans Christian Andersen
Hudson House.
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Blue lettering on spine.
Colour frontispiece (unattributed) no other illustrations.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped, 5cm loss to spine, repaired with tape.
Pages tanned.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
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Fairy Tales from Hans Andersen
By
Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrator
Edward Ardizzone.
Reprint, 1989, Andre Deutsch.
ISBN: 0590556061.
Translated by Stephen Corrin.
Paperback.
15cm x 23cm.
Light wear to covers.
Lower corner of front cover creased.
School library stamp on reverse of half-title.
Close to VG in other respects.
Good condition, ex-library.
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Fairy Tales from Hans Andersen
By
Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrator
Harry Clarke.
Reprint, 1931, George G. Harrap.
Quarto.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
19cm x 25cm.
320 pages.
Illustrated with colour plates, plus full-page and in-text black and white pictures.
Minor wear to edges of covers, but no soiling.
Spine strip slightly faded.
Neat gift dedication, dated 1931, on lower edge of front pastedown.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very good condition.
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Hans Andersen's Fairy Stories
By
Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrator
Eileen M. Watts.
Reprint, circa 1950, Strand Publications.
Edited by Louis S. Giraud.
Quarto.
Brown pictorial paper-covered boards.
17cm x 22cm.
Pictorial endpapers.
Four colour stand-up models and three colour illustrations.
Full-page line drawn illustrations.
Line drawn chapter headings.
Slight wear to edges of covers.
Name on front endpaper.
Slight wear to stand-up models, but no major damage.
Close to VG in other respects.
Very good condition.
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More Fairy Tales
By
Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrator
Shirley Hughes.
1st Thus edition, 1970, Blackie.
ISBN: 0216884977.
Label on front pastedown, and label removed from front endpaper.
Access number on title page.
No other librabry marks.
Contents generally clean and unmarked.
Good condition with dust-wrapper, ex-library.
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Selections of Fairy Tales and Stories
By
Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrator
Rene Bull.
Reprint, circa 1935, William Clowes.
Octavo.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
320 pages.
Colour frontispiece plus eight full-page black and white illustrations.
Covers and spine soiled, light wear to edges.
Contents generally clean and white.
Occasional marks on some pages.
Good condition.
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The Emperor's New Clothes
By
Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrator
Sylvia Gee.
1st edition, 1945, Collins.
Grey patterned cloth boards, small quarto.
Dustwrapper edge worn and creased, with loss at spine ends.
Retold after Hans Christian Andersen by Hugh Gee.
Represented in figures and photographed in natural colours; figures and scenes created by Hugh Gee, colour photography by Zoltan Wegner.
Designed and produced by Adprint.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
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