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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
196959634NY:: Harcourt Brace & World. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. Translated from the Danish by Paul Leyssac. A later printing. Brief gift inscription on front endpage else very good in a very good one small chip on rear panel age toning price clipped dust jacket. . Harcourt, Brace & World, hardcover books
193862862New York: Harcourt Brace and Company. Good. 1938. Hardcover. Translated from the Danish by Paul Leyssac; Illustrated by Richard Bennett. Signed by the Translator on front endpaper. 305pp. green pictorial cloth. Covers are slightly scuffed and soiled hinges cracked. Contents are bright and complete. A Good copy. . Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover 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
196860497Boston:: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. No statement of printing. Near fine in a very good lower corner of front flap is clipped light age toning dust jacket. . Houghton Mifflin, hardcover books
2002131125Cotsen Occasional Press 2002. cloth. 6.1 x 5.8 inches. cloth. 24 pages. This beautiful facsimile volume represents the first ever printing of Andersen`s Fotograferede Bornegrupper in English. This book is a collaboration between Andersen who wrote the verse and the famous early Danish photographer Harald Paetz. The illustrations in the book are albumen prints of posed and costumed children and they depict scenes of play and home life. Little Rhymes is an extremely important book in the history of children`s literature and photographic illustration as it represents the first children`s book in the history of photography to be illustrated with photographs of live subjects posed dramatically. Extraordinarily rare the book remains an astounding and surprising venture between a world-famous author and an innovative photographer. This is the only facsimile edition of this important work and it is the first and only time it has been translated into English. With an introduction by Mus White and a brief bibliography of related works. Cotsen Occasional Press unknown books
19481617981948. hardcover. near fine. Fritz Kredel. Translated from the Danish by Jean Hersholt and illustrated in color by Fritz Kredel. 8vo rebound in full yellow morocco green leather label t.e.g. New York: Heritage Press 1948. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> unknown books
147725Munich: Dietrich. hardcover. Dulac Edmund. Illustrated with color frontispiece and other color plates. Decorative borders on every page. 156pp. Thin 4to green cloth lettered in blue. Munchen: Georg W. Dietrich no date circa 1920. Near fine.<br/><br/> Dietrich unknown books
19819023350New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1981. 1st . Hardcover. Very good/very good. Illustrations by Michael Hague. <br/><br/> Holt Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
198953091NY:: Doubleday. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0385260814 . First American edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Doubleday, hardcover books
1927197520Chelsea Swan Press 1927. 1927. Small 4to. Text in Italian. Translated by Penelope Eyre. Illustrated by Joyce Garrick. Original cream cloth over patterned swan design boards printed in green paper label. Very good. One of 100 numbered copies printed at the Swan Press in Baskerville Type on handmade paper. An Unusual production; a Danish story printed in Italian by an English fine press. Hardcover. Chelsea, Swan Press, 1927. hardcover books
01243Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel 1845-1848. The Original Stories That Catapulted Andersen to Fame<br/><br/>ANDERSEN Hans Christian. Nye Eventyr. Kjøbenhavn: C.A. Reitzel 1845-1848. <br/><br/>First edition complete two volumes collections bound together of Anderson's second series of fairy tales the first issue of Collection Two the second issue of Collection One. Small octavo 6 1/4 x 4 in; 157 x 103 mm. Collection One: 47 1 blank; 68; 52 pp. Collection Two: 72; 60 pp. Two leaves comprised of table of contents and dedication page to Collection Two have been misbound out of sequence. Otherwise complete with half titles for each volume both shared title pages both shared contents leaves all dedication leaves all half titles for each fairy tale and all five regular title pages. <br/><br/>Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Marbled edges. Some light scattered foxing and toning and an occasional inkspot. Otherwise a very nice copy. Housed in a quarter morocco clamshell case.<br/><br/>A work of extreme scarcity with OCLC/KVK recording only a handful of copies in libraries worldwide and with possibly only one other example the Klein copy 1980 coming to auction within the last thirty-three years of ABPC records Sotheby Hodgson's catalogue note vague and incomplete. <br/><br/>These stories were originally issued in parts; very few have survived in that state. The publisher Reitzel collected the individual parts in their original printings added tables of contents and published them in anthologies as here.<br/><br/>The importance of these stories here - staggeringly - in their first edition cannot be underestimated. They have become deeply embedded in the Western world's cultural consciousness as timeless as our memories of childhood. More to the point however is that unlike Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm who were compilers and talented interpreters of traditional folk stories in their respective cultures in this second series of Andersen tales the stories are wholly original the product of a brilliant imagination featuring characters of great love and yearning who misunderstood and misfits in a cruel world have become transcendent heroes for humanity of all ages. The stories have become the cornerstones of Western children's literature the characters eternal psychological archetypes.<br/><br/>"For his second collection Nye Eventyr New Fairy Tales Andersen wrote some of his most important and famous stories. He moved away from traditional folk material towards creating tales that came from his imagination. The words ‘told for children' were omitted from the new title as Andersen sought to engage adults and children alike. He had found a genre in which he had a unique voice" British Library Online Gallery.<br/><br/>The Stories:<br/><br/>Volume One<br/>1. The Angel<br/>2. The Nightingale<br/>3. The Sweethearts<br/>4. The Ugly Duckling<br/>5. The Fir Tree<br/>6. The Snow Queen<br/>7. Night Ghosts<br/>8. The Red Shoes<br/>9. The Jumpers<br/>10. Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep<br/>11. Holger Danske<br/><br/>Volume Two<br/>1. The Old Street Lamp<br/>2. The Neighboring Family<br/>3. The Darning Needle<br/>4. Little Tuck<br/>5. The Shadow<br/>6. The Old House<br/>7. The Drop of Water <br/>8. The Little Match Girl<br/>9. The Happy Family<br/>10. The Story of a Mother<br/>11. The Shirt Collar<br/><br/>Nielsen 467 & 529. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel, 1845-1848 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
1948126403Hamburg Germany: Maximilian-Gesellschaft 1948. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. Text in German. Pen and ink drawings by Wilhelm Martin Busch. Slightly tanned. Maximilian-Gesellschaft unknown books
195572858Copenhagan: Det Berlingske Bogtrykkeri. Very Good. 1955. Softcover. SIX FAIRY TALES BY THE DANISH WRITER. HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. PUBLISHED ON THE OCCASION OF THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH. Copenhagen: Det Berlingske Bogtrykkeri 1955. Includes Princess on the Pea; The Nightingale; The Ugly Duckling; The Fir Tree; The Little Match Girl; The Story of a Mother. Very Good condition. . Det Berlingske Bogtrykkeri paperback books
1268NY MACMILLIAN 1942. 6 COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS FIRST EDITION THUS VERY GOOD. F. NY, MACMILLIAN, 1942 unknown books
194658643NY:: Maxton Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Adapted and illustrated by Harriet. No statement of printing. Previous owner's name on front paste-down else very good in a very good dust jacket. . Maxton Publishers, hardcover books
197943555NY:: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0395289645 . Translated from the Danish. A later printing. Previous owner's name on title page else near fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Houghton Mifflin, hardcover books
2076<p>London and Orpington: George Allen 1893. Two volumes bound in olive green cloth with pictorial cover illustrations in forest green. Octavo 398 & 426 pages respectively. Each volume contains 100 illustrations in black and white by Arthur J. Gaskin including a full page frontispiece. Arthur Gaskin less well-known than his colleague Walter Crane produced some of the most enchanting illustrations of the period. The cover illustrations two young girls reading beneath a pair of stylized pomegranate trees form a border around the title panel decidely Pre-Raphaelite in nature and tone. Aside from some light soil and a bit of a bump to one corner both volumes are in exceptionally nice condition.</p> hardcover books
1955298312Copenhagen 1955. paperback. very good. Brande. Translated from the Danish by R. P. Keigwin. 33 black & white illustrations by Marlie Brande. 81pp. unopened. Thin folio printed stiff wrappers chipped. Copenhagen 1955. A very good copy internally clean and un-read.<br/><br/> One of 1000 English language copies published on the 150th anniversary of Andersen's birth.<br/><br/> unknown books
1949020199Berkeley and Los Angeles: Univeirsity of California Press 1949. Edited with translations and explanatory notes by Waldemar Westergaard; with an introduction by Jean Hersholt and an interpretative essay by Helge Topsöe-Jensen. xxxiv 181p. b/w illus. dj. Univeirsity of California Press unknown books
19646893Odense. Flensted. 1964. Bound in pictorial gilt decorated cloth. 16mo. 3.5 in. x 5.5 in. World-Edition complete. Illustrated with reproductions taken directly from the pedersen and frolich originals in the Andersen Museum Odense. One of the most respected printings of Andersens tales this is the scarce complete production as issued in the original publishers box. Very unusual very beautiful these books were printed and published in Odense the native down of Hans Christian Andersen. Very mild wear to several jackets else a Fine set in a Very Good original box. Flensted. hardcover books
1950167854New York: Workshop of the American Institute of Graphic Arts 1950. paperback. very good. Small illustration on title page printed in red & black. 11pp pamphlet sewn with cord. 12mo original salmon wrappers with paper label on cover wraps are very faintly dampstained. New York: Workshop of the American Institute of Graphic Arts 1950. A very good copy of this charming story.<br/><br/> Workshop of the American Institute of Graphic Arts unknown 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