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Cover of Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Andersen

First published 1924
Publisher George H. Doran
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Cover art Kay Nielsen
Pages 280

  • First trade edition, after the Hodder & Stoughton edition. 12 tipped-in color plates by Kay Nielsen, black cloth with pictorial cover label. Spine decorated and lettered in silver. Photo here shows the pictorial two-part box in which it came; the book has the same cover image.
  • Data from PBA Galleries and from WorldCat.
  • Cover title: Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales (see image) WorldCat record OCLC 1887536 reports Fairy Tales; by Hans Andersen.
  • Data from Internet Archive as of 2025-12-05.
  • Although no translator is creited all stories except for 'The Real Princess' are from Fairy Tales and Other Stories (Oxford Complete Edition: 1914- Oxford University Press). {{Tr|H.W. Dulcken}} (Henry William Dulcken: 1832-1894), W.A. Craigie (Sir Willliam Alexander Craigie: 1867-1957) & J.K. Craigie (Jessie Kinmond Craigie: 1864-1947). 'The Real Princess' is from A Picture-Book Without Pictures: and Other Stories (1848). {{Tr|{{A|Mary Howitt}}}}.