FAIRY TALES By HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. Illustrated By Twelve Large Designs in Colour After Original Drawings By E. V. B
by Andersen, Hans Christian & Ward, H. L. D. And Plesner, Augusta
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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1872. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good. Boyle, Eleanor Vere ( E. V. B. ). Beautifully illustrated with 11 Full-Page Colour Plates by Eleanor Vere Boyle ( E.V.B. ) . Each Plate protected by a blank page of thin paper. Plates Printed by Leighton Brothers and retain their wonderful bright Colours. ( One of the 12 Plates is missing, that of the little Mermaid). Printed at the Chiswick Press. Newly Translated by H.L.D. Ward and Augusta Pleasance. Beautiful Green Cloth cover illustrated with bright Gilt Phoenix, Dragons, Butterflies & Flowers with a Central Design of "The Wild Swans" on the front. Gilt title to spine. Beveled Edges. All page edges Gilt. Black Endpapers. 94 Pages + Publisher's Advert. 12 1/2" Tall, 1.3 Kilos. 3 small closed tears on left side of spine (1" long).A little fraying of cloth at spine ends. Also at tips of corners, tip boards just showing. Also a very small tear of fore edge of rear board (1/4" long x 1/8" wide). Hinges sound. Frontis illus, detached but present, has a few small closed tears in margins. Rest of Text block firm. Very faint gift inscription on endpaper, dated 1919. No other inscriptions. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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- Title
- FAIRY TALES By HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. Illustrated By Twelve Large Designs in Colour After Original Drawings By E. V. B
- Author
- Andersen, Hans Christian & Ward, H. L. D. And Plesner, Augusta
- Illustrator
- Boyle, Eleanor Vere ( E. V. B. )
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1872
- Keywords
- ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS/ANTIQUARIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS/CHILDREN'S CLASSICS/FAIRY TALES/ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES/ILLUSTRATED BOOKS/ ELEANOR VERE BOYLE
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- Gilt
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- Plate
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- Folio
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