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1852JC7046Kjobenhavn: C.A. Reitzels 1852. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Original printed wraps; 12mo 4.5 x 7.25 inches; pp. 63 1. In custom gilt-lettered brown cloth box. Some light wrinkling along covers and edges of text block untrimmed; spine chipped; first gathering neatly detached title-page up to page 14. A bit fragile but overall in remarkably nice bright condition and particularly scarce in its original binding. Nielsen 322. <br/><br/>Contains "The Story of the Year" "The World's Fairest Rose" "A Picture from the Ramparts" "On Judgement Day" "It's Quite True" "The Swan's Nest" and "A Good Humour." It was followed by a second collection in November of the same year. C.A. Reitzels paperback books
18551340581Kjøbenhavn: C.A. Reitzels bo og arvinger 1855. Hardcover. 12mo; G-; Hardcover; Spine brown with gold print; Boards half bound with brown leather to spine/corners and brown cloth to boards wear to spine caps hinges edges and corners fading/shelfwear to boards; Text block has cracked hinges front and rear name in ink on front flyleaf creases on front pastedown light foxing to pages; Text in Danish fraktur script; 167 pages illustrated b&w. 1340581. FP New Rockville Stock. C.A. Reitzels bo og arvinger hardcover books
1871135112New York: Hurd and Houghton 1871. Author's Edition. Hardcover. Good- Ex-lib. bookplate inside front cover pocket inside back usual markings; FFEP detached but present; A few stray markings throughout book but rather clean overall. Green cloth library binding; 343 pp.; No illustrations. A delightful collection of travel memoirs by Andersen. Hurd and Houghton hardcover books
1881251348Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1881. hardcover. very good-. 12mo original decorated brown cloth corners bumped ex-libris without any library markings on the cloth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1881.<br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin unknown books
18461401047William Pickering London 1846. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition in English of Andersen's fairy tales. Very good. Fully leather bound with gilt stamped detailing on covers and spine. Marbled end papers. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front paste down and name inscribed on front free end paper inscription by previous owner on verso of front free end paper. Some water stains and foxing on end papers. A very nice copy; housed in a custom-made slipcase. William Pickering, London hardcover books
18461401175William Pickering London 1846. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good in original green cloth covered boards with quarter leather binding and corners; gilt detailing. First edition in English 1846. Some edge wear; two front free end papers have closed tears of which the first one has been repaired. Comes housed in a custom-made slipcase. William Pickering, London hardcover books
18993008Vienna: Gesellschaft Fur Vervielfaltigende Kunst 1899. Fine. Folio cream board portfolio with large paste-down illustration. Spine rebacked with compatible cloth; inner flaps strengthened. Printed title page color pictorial half-title and 13 leaves illustrated in color some heightened with gilt or silver after watercolors by Lefler. His first book illustration and an exquisite example of Viennese Jugendstil. Illustrated by Heinrich Lefler. Board Portfolio. Fine. Illus. by Heinrich Lefler. Folio. Vienna: Gesellschaft Fur Vervielfaltigende Kunst, Hardcover books
190049889New York: Century Company 1900. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Hans Tegner. New York: Century Company 1900. Translated by H. L. Braekstad; introduction by Edmund Gosse. Numerous engravings in b/w and sepia. Illustrated by Hans Tegner. xxiv 524 pp. Hardcover. Folio. Brown cloth. Gilt lettering to spine front and rear boards with illustrations stamped in 3 colors to same. Head heel and corners bumped and moderately worn; small tears to heel; rear board abraded; top edge gilt fore and bottom edges untrimmed; contemporary gift inscription to former owners inked to recto of frontispiece. Interior clean. Very good/No dust jacket. Century Company hardcover books
18908643London. Ernest Nister. Circa 1890. Bound in pictorial gilt decorated cloth depicting a flock of geese in flight. Gilt titles and decorations to spine. All edges gilded. 8vo. 7.0" x 9.0". Illustrated with 6 spectacular chromolithographs and further by 12 full page monochrome plates and many drawings en texte by E.S. Hardy. Several mild wrinkles to cloth of covers else an absolutely stunning Fine bright copy with pristine luminescent chromolithographs. Ernest Nister. hardcover books
1869404781869. HOWITT Mary trans. THE IMPROVISATORE. By Hans Christian Anderson. Translated from the Danish by Mary Howitt. Author's Edition. New York: Hurd and Houghton 1869. First American edition; first vol. in U.S. edition of complete works. 8vo. maroon cloth; vii 341 pp. Slight wear at heel and crown rubbing at boards and much sunning at spine. Very good. unknown books
1847839151847. ANDERSEN Hans Christian transl. and with a brief biography by Mary HOWITT. THE IMPROVISATORE: OR LIFE IN ITALY. London: Richard Bentley/Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute 1847. xxx 2 340 pp. 2 pp. publisher's advertisements. 12mo. brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Bentley's Standard Novels series. Gilt spine corners gently bumped Light rubbing to cloth. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Frontispiece engraving by Clara Cawse has minor foxing to margins; tissue guard intact. Binding tight. A very nice early English translation first edition published in 1845. unknown books
186930921London: Bell and Daldy 1869. First Edition in English. Otto Speckter. 8vo pp. 118 2pp of adv. Bound in green cloth stamped in black and gilt. Illustrated with 8 full page engravings. Little pucker to the cloth and some light foxing to the front end paper and frontispiece a very good tight copy. This prints 11 stories includes "The Horn Book" "The Toad" "Brownie and the Dame" etc. Bell and Daldy unknown books
184567501First Edition in English of Hans Andersen's "Only a Fiddler" ANDERSEN Hans Christian. Only a Fiddler. Translated from the Danish. London: H. G. Clarke and Co. 1845. First edition in English. Originally published in Danish in 1837. Two twelvemo volumes. Measures 125 x 85 mm. 1 half-title v 208 16 catalog; 1 half-title v 180 12 catalog pp. Publisher's original gift binding bound in full dark brown morocco elaborately gilt-stamped on covers and spines. Adds list cost of Only a Fiddler for 5s. for cloth and 9s. for morocco. Half titles in red blue green and gold. All edges gilt. Previous owner's signatures on front free endpaper of vol. 1. A fine set. Only a Fiddler is a romantic tale and may be semi autobiographical the character Christian most likely representing Hans himself. His love interest is a Jewish girl named Naomi. Unlike most fairy tales this one does not end up with a happy ending. Naomi and Christian never end up together sharing only the feeling of emptiness. Soren Kierkegaard Andersen's neighbor at the time reviewed Only a Fiddler and writes that Andersen "completely lacks any philosophy of life". HBS 67501. $1100 H. G. Clarke and Co. hardcover books
18992221708<p>ORIGINAL 14 PARTS</p><p>First edition in the original 14 parts. 11" x 8 1/2" circa 400 b/w illustrations by Lemercier and Helen Stratton who gets sole credit on the title page. Original stitched green pictorial wrappers. Part 14 with half title title page contents and list of illustrations 320 pages. No dust jacket. Very good minor rubbing; signs of handling and some light foxing. Scarce.</p><p>Printed by Butler & Tanner The Selwood Printing Works.</p><p>Some illustrations in first two parts are signed "Lemercier" in the plate.</p> George Newnes paperback books
18456870baNew York NY: Harper 1845. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. Danish literature; 124 pages; 22.5cm; dis-bound; author's 1st novel. Harper Paperback books
189658756Boston: Berkley Updike The Merrymount Press 1896. French-fold. 4 full-page Illustrations by Mary J. Newill of Birmingham. 4 16-20 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green pictorial printed wrapers spine worn and dampstained. French-fold. 4 full-page Illustrations by Mary J. Newill of Birmingham. 4 16-20 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Smith 19 Berkley Updike, The Merrymount Press unknown books
1860291656London: Richard Bentley 1860. First. hardcover. fine. Translated by Mrs. Bushby. Thin 8vo 3/4 black leather over marbled boards marbled end-papers & edges red spine label & elaborate gilt designs. London: Richard Bentley 1860. Fine.<br/><br/> First edition of this elegantly bound book of fairy-tales with a charming feminine bookplate from 1906.<br/><br/> Richard Bentley unknown books
186072363Boston: Ticknor & Company. Very Good. 1860. Hardcover. Andersen Hans Christian. THE SAND-HILLS OF JUTLAND. Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1860. Copyright page reads "PRINTED FROM EARLY SHEETS FOR THE AUTHOR'S BENEFIT." 267 pages plus 16 pages of ads. brown cloth covers with gilt printing to the spine. The spine is sunned and the covers show some light soiling. The contents are bright and complete. Very Good. . Ticknor & Company hardcover books
1860201729Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1860. First. hardcover. very good. 8vo original brown cloth stamped in gilt & blind; spine faded & worn at the extremes. Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1860. First American edition.<br/><br/> Published the same year as the British edition. penciled ownership name on flyleaf with the date Xmas 1860.<br/><br/> Ticknor & Fields unknown books
18603547Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1860. First US Edn. 8vo Pp. 267. Seems to lack a flyleaf Brown cloth worn at extremities of spine. A good tight copy. Ticknor & Fields unknown books
1847140937710London: Chapman & Hall 1847. First British Edition. Very Good. First British edition. Bound in publisher's brown cloth decorated in blind and stamped in gilt. Spine faded corners bumped cloth lightly rubbed. Previous owner details to front free end paper. Plates browned and foxed; sporadic light foxing to pages. All plates are present though the plate facing page 90 has been re-tipped in and has a short edge-tear. Contains eleven fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen translated here into English for the first time. Chapman & Hall unknown books
1877162772New York: James Miller 1877. Small octavo pp. 1-4 5-180 181-188: ads inserted frontispiece and engraved title on conjugate leaf plus 10 full-page illustrations on inserted plates original decorated green cloth stamped in black and gold yellow endpapers. First printing of the Miller edition. The first edition was published in London by Chapman and Hall in 1847. Miller's edition has different stories and it may not have the same stories in J. Wiley's 1848 edition. This is the first printing of Miller's edition. Several stains and scuffs to cloth inner hinges cracked front free endpaper missing somewhat shaken scattered spotting and soiling to text pages tide marks to margins of some leaves and plates a fair to about good copy. This printing not in AAS. Scarce. #162772 James Miller unknown books
184753840Boston: James Munroe and Co 1847. First American edition 12mo pp. viii 298; original brown cloth gilt-lettered spine; spine ends chipped corners worn; all else very good. This copy with an interesting presentation: "Presented by Captain Howland of ship Henry Clay - to the Misses Addons at Liverpool March 1849." Also with an envelope pasted in underneath the inscription containing old newspaper clippings regarding Andersen books and exhibits. <br/><br/> James Munroe and Co hardcover books
185068477First American Edition of This Title and an Early American Appearance of ìThe Ugly Duckî ANDERSEN Hans Christian. The Ugly Duck and Other Tales. With Illustrations. New York: C.S. Francis & Co Boston J.H. Francis 1850. First American Edition of this title and an early American appearance of The Ugly Duck. Twelvemo 5 3/4 x 3 5/8 inches;146 x 90 mm. 1-159 1 blank pp. Part of the ìFrancis & Co. Little Library: For Young Persons of Various Ages.î With half-title and engraved frontispiece. Illustrated with numerous engravings and historiated initials throughout. The first American appearance of the story of The Ugly Duck in in a volume called Wonderful stories for children Second series. New York: Wiley & Putnam 1846. We could find no copies of this first appearance at auction nor any copies of this present edition. PublisherÃs full brown cloth. Board intricately stamped in blind with publisherÃs imprint stamped in blind as central device. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt with a gilt figure of a child and floral urns. Spine slightly sunned and a few spots to boards. But gilt is bright. A few spots of foxing throughout and previous ownerÃs early ink inscription on front free endpaper. Overall an about fine copy of this childrenÃs book. This volume includes the titles:The Ugly Duck Top and Ball The Little Mermaid The Storks The Nightingale The Rose Elf Holger Danske The Emperor Frederic Barbarossa and The Dying Child. HBS 68477. $1350 C.S. Francis & Co. hardcover books
18461803007Chapman and Hall 1846. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine first edition of Andersen's stories in English indicated by first issue title page with last name misspelled as "Anderson." Shelfwear on edges and corners light water spot on cover previous owner's name on FFEP soiling and browning on inside pages. Housed in custom-made slipcase. Chapman and Hall hardcover books