London: Macmillan. 1937. Octavo, original red cloth boards with gilt illustration upper board, top edge gilt, b&w frontis portrait plate, b&w text illus, pp xvi, 338. Edges lightly rubbed, occasional light foxing, very good condition. Collection of Andresen's classic fairy tales, first thus. With a Translator's Note, and a foreword by Hugh Walpole praising Leyssac's new translaton. 1st thus. Cloth Boards.

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Bookseller: Muir Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 102403
Title: It's Perfectly True! and other stories
Author: Andersen, Hans Christian
Illustrator: Trans. Paul Leyssac; illus Vilhelm Pedersen
Format/Binding: Cloth Boards
Book Condition: Used
Edition: 1st thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1937
Keywords: Childrens Literature, Fairy Tale, Illustrated

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MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.

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