Wonderful Stories

London: Chapman and Hall, 1846. first. hardcover. very good. First edition in English. First edition, first printing. Author's name misspelt on title page, "Anderson" with o instead of e). 8vo, 172x127 mmm, 6 3/4x5 inches. Translated from Danish by Mary Howitt. Page 95/96 is missing and has been replaced with a facsimile on old paper. 4 hand colored lithograph plates. Cloth covers browned mainly at edges and on spine, also slightly stained and marked, spine ends and corners slightly worn, front gutter cracked but holding firmly, inscriptions by former owners on front fee end paper, some brown spots to a couple of front and rear pages. A very good copy. Housed in a black velour covered fold-out case.