Fairy Tales
by Andersen, Hans Christian ; Svend Larsen (Ed.) ; R.P. Keigwin (Trans.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Odense: Flensted. (1956). Octavo, original red leather boards with gilt decoration, all edges gilt, colour fontis plate of Andersen, b&w illus, marbled endpapers, pp 394, (i). Inscription in Danish blank prelim page. Near-fine condition. Hans Andersen's fairy tales, published in his home town of Odense, with illustrations reproduced from the original drawings in the Andersen Museum at Odense. Introduction by Elias Bredsdorff. Leather.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 103277
- Title
- Fairy Tales
- Author
- Andersen, Hans Christian ; Svend Larsen (Ed.) ; R.P. Keigwin (Trans.)
- Illustrator
- Vilhelm Pedersen (Illus.)
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Flensted
- Place of Publication
- Odense
- Date Published
- (1956)
- Keywords
- Childrens Literature, Denmark, Fairy Tale
Terms of Sale
Muir Books
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About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
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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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gilt
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
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