Danish Fairy Legends and Tales

by Hans Christian Anderson

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First edition

London: William Pickering, 1846. First edition in English. iv , 197 pp. Late 19th Century three quarter leather over marbled paper, spine lettered in gilt. A Good or better copy with edges well-rubbed and cloth and leather mostly rubbed off or chipped there. Lacking front free endpaper. Last signature of pages at rear protrudes slightly and rear hinge split. An early English-language publication of the Danish folklorist's

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