Andersen, Hans Christian.

Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales [Illustrated]. Edited by Svend Larsen (Director of Hans Andersen Museum, Oldesloe). Translated from the original Danish text by R.P.Keigwin. Illustrated by Vilhelm Pedersen and Lorenz Froelich, reproduced from the original drawings in the Andersen Museum at Odense. With an Introduction by Elias Bredsdorff.

Four Volumes (complete set). Odense, Flensted, 1961. Duodecimo (9.7 cm wide x 14.2 cm high). Volume I: Frontispice-Portrait of Andersen, 394 pages / Volume II: Frontispice-Portrait of Andersen, 368 pages / Volume III: Frontispice-Portrait of Andersen, 368 pages / Volume IV: Frontispice-Portrait of Andersen, 397 pages. Hardcover / Original, very decorative full leather with gilt lettering and golden Thumbelina on front cover of each Volume. Gilt top edge. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Gift-Inscription on endpaper. The stunning full – leather set of Fairy-Tales in the perfect Pocket-size. One of the most beloved editions.

Including all of Andersen’s amazing Fairy Tales:

Volume I:

The Tinder-Box / Little Claus and Big Claus / The Princess and the Pea / Little Ida’s Flowers / Thumbelina / The Little Mermaid / The Emperor’s New Clothes / The Staunch Tin Soldier / The Flying Trunk / Willie Winkie / The Swineherd / The Nightingale / The Top and the Ball / The Ugly Duckling / The Snow Queen / The Red Shoes / The Little Match-seller / Simple Simon /

Volume II:

The Fir Tree / The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep / The Travelling Companion / The Angel / The Buckwheat / The Bronze Pig / The Darning Needle / The High Jumpers / The Wild Swans / A Good Temper / The Shadow / It’s Absolutely True ! / The Story of a Mother / The Garden of Eden / The Happy Family / The Drop of Water / The Shirt Collar / The Flax / Heartbreak / The Goblin at the Grocer’s / In a Thousand Years’s Time / ‘She was no good’ / The Bottle-Neck / The Money-Pig / Five Peas from one Pod / Ib and Little Christina /

Volume III:

The Goloshes of Fortune / The Storks / The Bell / Holger the Dane / The Old House / “There’s a Difference” / The Story of the Year / Everything in its Right Place / “Something” / The Snail and the Rose Tree / The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree / The Marsh King’s Daughter / The Sprinters / The Wicked Prince / The Wind tells the Story of Valdemar Daa and his Daughters / The Girl who trod on the Loaf / The Butterfly / The Beetle /

Volume IV:

Dad’s always right / The Naughty Boy / The Hill of the Elves / Soup from a Sausage-Stick / The Snow Man / The Puppet Showman / A Story of the Sand-Dunes / The Silver Shilling / The Teapot / Something to Write About / Twelve by the Mail-Coach / The Toad / The Porter’s Son / Auntie / The Rags / The most incredible Thing / The Gardener and the Squire / What the Thistle found out / The Cripple / Auntie Toothache / The Flea and the Professor / Old Johanna’s Tale /

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• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 32499AB

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