Andersen, Hans Christian
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
George H. Doran
1924
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A first United States trade edition of Fairy Tales, with Nielsen's spectacular illustrations.
- Hans Christian Anderson (Danish).
- Illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
- New York: George H. Doran, 1924.
- 280 pages.
- Illustrated by Nielsen with 12 color plates and additional black and white images.
- Bound in the original black cloth with silver pictorial paste-on, grey pictorial endpapers, in original box.
Nielsen illustrates the work of fellow Dane, Andersen, in this gorgeous deluxe gift book with a style mixing "some of the decorative design of Art Nouveau with the bold shapes of Art Deco" (Menges). Includes "The Snow Queen," "The Nightingale" and more.
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Very GoodBox with some repairs and reinforcements to joints and corners, one corner cracked, all holding.
Some light rubbing and wear.
Book with silver on spine partially effaced.
Faint soil to rear board.
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