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Price: US$128.91 + shipping
Description: Hardback in dust wrapper (ruled & illustrated red boards with gilt titling to the spine & upper board) Physically 10" x 7¾" (1.6 kg); 319pp; Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson; Publishing date unstated, dated from references. Contains: Black & white drawings; Colour frontispiece; Title page vignette; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #181358|| Condition: Very Good in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with heavier fading to the spine although the laid on plate to the upper panel remains clean and tidy. Edges of the text block lightly spotted. Pages very gently age-tanned.
Seller: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, United Kingdom
Anderson Hans. Fairy Tales. Hodder and Stoughton, 1924.
Price: US$365.56 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: With 12 full colour tipped in plates (all are present as listed). The plates are in very good plus condition.There are also several black and white plates and line drawings throughout the text. Decorated endpapers. The book is undated but was published in 1924. First Trade Edition. Stunning original blue cloth with gilt design. One corner is very slightly bumped and there is a neat, short name inscription on blank leaf. The foredge is a little spotted and there is very occasional spotting throughout. Overall this is a very good to very good plus copy of a beautiful book. All books outside the UK are sent airmail and those over £30 are tracked; those inside the UK are signed for. Paypal accepted.
Seller: Lavender Fields Books PBFA, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Price: US$447.67 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 197pp, 12 tipped in col plates, num bw ills (many full page), decorated endpapers. Or green moire silk covers heavily decorated in gilt. Minor rubbing to corners, light to moderate foxing. No date but c1924. Beautifully bound and gloriously illustrated edition of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales illustrated by Kay Nielsen. A most attractive example. Size: 4to
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
ANDERSEN, Hans | NIELSEN, Kay. FAIRY TALES. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1924.
Price: US$481.00 + shipping
Description: First trade edition. Original light blue moiré cloth, spine slightly sunned, with 12 full-page colour plates, by Kay Nielsen, each with captioned tissue-guard, also monochrome illustrations. Former owner's contemporary inscription; scattered spots of foxing (though not on plates). The classic fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen including the Snow Queen and the Tinder Box, all beautifully illustrated by Nielsen.
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
Hans Christian Andersen; Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. Fairy Tales. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1924.
Price: US$649.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original gilt-decorated green ribbed moire cloth, decorative endpages. No date. With 12 tipped-in color tissued plates and other illustrations. Spine sunned, gentle bumping to spine ends. Tight and unmarked. Contents fine. ; quarto
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1090.27 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 197 pp. Publisher's elaborately gilt-decorated green cloth. In original dust wrapper, with repeated design from front cover. Dw spine darkened and chipped at head & tail and along edges. Slight fading to head & tail of spine. Ink inscription to recto of frontis. A few spots of foxing. Twelve tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards by Kay Nielsen. Head and tail-pieces, decorative borders and full-page b&w illustrations by Nielsen. Gilt cover bright and fresh. A handsome copy in original dw. 4to.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Andersen, Hans; Kay Nielsen (Illustrator). Fairy Tales. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1924.
Price: US$2400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED. 197pp. Quarto [31 cm] Blue cloth over boards with lettering and pictorial stamping on the spine and front board. Recased. Japanese tissue applied to hinges. The front board is warped. With 12 tipped-in illustrations by Kay Nielsen. Printed tissue guards. Number 359 in an Edition de Luxe limited to 500 copies. Signed and numbered by the Danish-born American artist, Kay Nielsen, on the limitation page. Kay Nielsen (1886-1957) was one of the most significant illustrators during the early 20th century along with Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac. Nielsen's illustrations were influenced by oriental art, the style of Aubrey Beardsley, and the Art Nouveau movement.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$2850.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Deluxe Edition. Copy 299 out of 500 copies signed by the illustrator. Full vellum stamped in gilt. Top edge brightly gilt. Measuring 300 x 250mm and complete with 12 color plates. A lovely example, with just a bit of bowing to the front board; internally fresh and unmarked. Hans Christian Andersen produced some of the world's most beloved fairy tales, from The Little Mermaid to The Ugly Duckling. Tucked within each narrative are lessons about duty, sacrifice, forgiveness, and truth that make his work relevant to children and adults alike. Here, Kay Nielson supplies exceptional illustrations to the beloved tales. Near Fine.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3848.02 + shipping
Description: Signed limited edition, number 275 of 500 copies, signed by the illustrator. One of the most exquisite books from the Golden Age of Illustration. The publishers issued both Nielsen's Hans Andersen and Detmold's Arabian Nights in their Christmas list for 1924 (under the heading "Give the Best Art Books"). The Nielsen was listed first. The volume gathers 16 classic stories by Hans Christian Andersen, including "The Tinder Box", "The Real Princess" and "The Snow Queen". Kay Nielsen contributed 12 colour plates and other illustrations. Quarto. Original vellum, spine and front cover lettered and elaborately blocked in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour frontispiece and 11 colour plates, with captioned tissue-guards, full-page illustrations, decorations and initial letters throughout by Nielsen. Covers slightly bowed and soiled, some loss and cockling to fixed endpapers, some light browning; a very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
[Kay Nielsen]. Hans [Christian] Anderson.. Fairy Tales. Hodder & Stoughton, 1924.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: [Kay Nielsen]. Hans [Christian] Anderson. Fairy Tales. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d. circa 1924]. Edition de Luxe, limited to 500 copies of which this is numbered "279" and signed by Nielsen. Quarto. 197, [3, blank] pages; twelve tipped-in colour plates (with captioned tissue guards) as well as full page and intertextual black and white illustrations by Kay Nielsen. Original vellum over boards decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine, top edge gilt, fore-edge and tail untrimmed, dark blue cloth dust jacket. Boards splayed, corners a bit bumped, board edges a bit bumped light scattered foxing on vellum, small speckle stains on lower edges. Text block edges lightly toned, occasional faint to light foxing, small mark on front free endpaper, offsetting along fore-edge of title page, occasional creasing on tissue guards. Dust jacket has moderate dampstaining along edges with some minor chipping and loss, foxing on verso, general handling wear. Still, a very nice, clean copy with beautiful illustrations. From a Private Collection in St. Charles, IL.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Price: US$4810.02 + shipping
Description: Signed limited edition, number 36 of 500 copies, signed by the illustrator. One of the most exquisite books from the Golden Age of Illustration. The publishers issued both Nielsen's Hans Andersen and Detmold's Arabian Nights in their Christmas list for 1924 (under the heading "Give the Best Art Books"). The Nielsen was listed first. The volume gathers 16 classic stories by Hans Christian Andersen, including "The Tinder Box", "The Real Princess" and "The Snow Queen". Kay Nielsen contributed 12 colour plates and other illustrations. Quarto. Original vellum, spine and front cover lettered and elaborately blocked in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour frontispiece and 11 colour plates, with captioned tissue-guards, full-page illustrations, decorations and initial letters throughout by Kay Nielsen. Front cover slightly bowed, spine slightly soiled, some minor internal foxing and browning; a near-fine copy with bright gilt on front cover and clean contents.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom