Stories & fairytales
By Andersen, Hans Christian
First edition of the special large-paper edition (limited to 300 copies) of the works of Hans Christian Andersen. Printed on handmade paper. Includes illuminated capital letters and 100 stunning woodblock-printed illustrations by Gaskin (some full-page). Translated by H. Oscar Sommer. Title and illustration in gilt on the front covers of both volumes, and square illustration in gilt on the back. Title also in gilt on spine. Some browning to spines and edges of covers, and minor browning and foxing to endpapers and first few pages of both volumes. Minor offsetting from woodblock title pages in both volumes. Stain on the back cover of v.2. V.1 has inscription `Henry C. Carter, June 21, 1900` as well as original order form for Hans Christian Andersen`s Stories and Fairy Tales. Otherwise contents in remarkably clean and bright condition. xi, 398 p. & xii, 426 p.
Published by: George Allen, 1893
Vendor: Kagerou Bunko (ABAJ, ILAB)
By Andersen, Hans Christian
First edition of the special large-paper edition (limited to 300 copies) of the works of Hans Christian Andersen. Printed on handmade paper. Includes illuminated capital letters and 100 stunning woodblock-printed illustrations by Gaskin (some full-page). Translated by H. Oscar Sommer. Title and illustration in gilt on the front covers of both volumes, and square illustration in gilt on the back. Title also in gilt on spine. Some browning to spines and edges of covers, and minor browning and foxing to endpapers and first few pages of both volumes. Minor offsetting from woodblock title pages in both volumes. Stain on the back cover of v.2. V.1 has inscription `Henry C. Carter, June 21, 1900` as well as original order form for Hans Christian Andersen`s Stories and Fairy Tales. Otherwise contents in remarkably clean and bright condition. xi, 398 p. & xii, 426 p.
Published by: George Allen, 1893
Vendor: Kagerou Bunko (ABAJ, ILAB)
