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Fairy tales / by Hans Christian Andersen ; illustrated by twelve large designs in colour after original drawings by E.V.B. ; newly translated by H.L.D. Ward and Augusta Plesner.

Accession number
PML 88683
Creator
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875
Published
London : Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, Crown Buildings, Fleet Street, 1872.
Notes
"To Miss Florence Erskine [illegible] with much love and A Merry Christmas from her Aunt Margherita Erskine [illegible] 1879"--half title in faded ink. .
"Chiswick Press: Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins, Tooks Court, Chancery Lane."--verso of t.p.
Plates signed: Leighton, Bros.
Published with 12 full-size, chromolithograph plates. Library's copy lacking 8 plates.The remaining 4 are from The wild swans, The fellow traveller, Thumbkinetta, and The angel.
Publisher's advertisement on the last two pages.
Description
VI, [2], 94, [2] p., [12] leaves of plates (8 lacking) : ill. (chromolithographs), 31.5 x 25.5 cm
Binding
Publisher's pictorial green cloth blocked in gold, black, and blind, bound by Burn & Co. with their ticket.
Classification
Department