first edition
1847 · London
by Andersen, Hans Christian
London: Chapman & Hall, 1847. First British Edition. Very Good. First British edition. Bound in publisher's brown cloth decorated in blind and stamped in gilt. Spine faded, corners bumped, cloth lightly rubbed. Previous owner details to front free end paper. Plates browned and foxed; sporadic light foxing to pages. All plates are present, though the plate facing page 90 has been re-tipped in and has a short edge-tear. Contains eleven fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, translated here into English for the first time.
(Inventory #: 140937710)