ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN — Fairy Tales

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, N.D.. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. nd (c. 1950). 18 Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, with an Introduction and brief Biography. Illustrated with Color frontispiece portrait and B&W drawings. Edited by Svend Larsen, Director of Hans Andersen Museum, Odense, Denmark. Translated from the original Danish text by R. P. Keigwin. The illustrations are by Vilhelm Pedersen, reproduced from the original drawings in the Andersen Museum at Odense. This edition is being issued from Odense, the poet's native town, by the publishing firm of Flensted. The portrait of Andersen opposite the title page is reproduced from Carl Bloch's famous painting (1869). Introduction by Elias Bredsdorff (Lecturer in Danish at Cambridge University). Gilt on spine faded, covers rubbed, else fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD+. B&W Drawings. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. 394, (1) pp. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .