Fairy Tales and Legends by Hans Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
Verkäufer Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 18. Mai 2007
Verkäufer Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 18. Mai 2007
Beschreibung
A delightful edition of the fairy tales of Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated throughout by artist Rex Whistler. A lovely copy of Whistler's edition, in a pink cloth variant of the publisher's binding, and with the head, tail and fore edge of the text block dyed pink.With an illustrated title page, ten full page illustrations, and further vignette illustrations, all the work of Rex Whistler. Collated, complete.Whistler was a celebrated British artist, who painted murals and society portraits, and designed theatrical costumes. He was killed in action at Normandy in 1944, aged just 39 years.Including the classic fairy tales and legends the Snow Queen, the Red Shoes, the Ugly Duckling and the Three Swans, alongside many others.With a faint former owner's inscription to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With pink text block fore edge. Externally, lovely, with minor bumping to back strip head and tail. Faint former owner's inscription to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd spot to the first and last few leaves. Near Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 885F29
Bibliografische Details
Titel: Fairy Tales and Legends by Hans Andersen
Verlag: Cobden-Sanderson, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1935
Einband: Cloth
Illustrator: Rex Whistler
Zustand: Near Fine
Art des Buches: book
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