Fairy Tales From Hans Christian Andersen : Charles Robinson : Dust Jacket 1934

Fairy Tales From Hans Christian Andersen

Translated by Mrs E. Lucus

Illustrated by Charles Robinson

Published by J M Dent and Sons, London, 1934. Hardback book in original unclipped dust jacket, 8vo, pictorial cloth boards, 539 pages, with a beautiful colour frontispiece and title page and illustrated profusely with b&w plates plus illustrations in text, all by Charles Robinson.

Some fairy tales included in this book are: The Storks, The Nightingale, The Little Match Girl, The Rose Elf, The Red Shoes, The Wild Swans, The Snow Queen, The Ugly Duckling, The Tinder Box, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Swineherd, The Bell, The Wind's Tale, etc . .

CONDITION
A very good copy and scarce in its original jacket. The dust jacket remains unclipped but has a couple of small closed tears to the edges and a little light scuffing to the extremities . . . there is also an old sellotape repair to the inside of the jacket but is overall in good condition for its age. The cloth boards and spine are in very good clean condition as can be seen from the images provided. Endpapers very good. All contents present and pages in very good clean condition throughout. No foxing, stains marks or writing to the book. Overall a very good copy

(Loc : Blue Shelves 3, 4 up)