Andersen's Fairy Tales (Illustrated Junior Library)
$20.00 USD • Used
Orig. issued as a two-volume set with a Grimm volume (please see our listing #024739 for that dual set), this is the Andersen volume ONLY, containing 29 of his tales, translated from the original ...
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Orig. issued as a two-volume set with a Grimm volume (please see our listing #024739 for that dual set), this is the Andersen volume ONLY, containing 29 of his tales, translated from the original Danish by Mrs. E. V. Lucas & Mrs. H. B. Paull, with delightful illustrations by noted Polish children's book illustrator Arthur Szyk. In 343 pages with illustrated frontispiece, 9 full-color-full page plates (suitable for framing, if desired), multiple pen-and-ink illustrations throughout text, & full-color endpapers. Octavo (5.75" x 8.5") has green cloth-covered boards with a colorfully illustrated front paper paste-down & gilt lettering inside a darker green, gilt-rimmed title box to spine. Condition is VG: quite clean & bright inside, with slight rubbing to exteriors & mild spotting to exterior boards. Binding tight & square, pages show only a whisper of tanning, but are completely unmarked. Mild bumping & rubbing to corners & both ends of spine. Our photos depict the exact books you will receive--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Product Info
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Year: 1945
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
First Edition
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Country: United States
