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FAIRY TALES BY HANS ANDERSEN

  • SIGNED
  • London: Harrap, 1932
By Andersen, Hans Christian; Rackham, Arthur
London: Harrap, 1932. Fine.. Signed limited first Rackham edition, one of only 500 copies for sale signed by Rackham – an exceptionally beautiful copy. Stories include "The Ugly Duckling," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Little Mermaid," and more. Octavo. 10.5'' x 8''. Original full gilt-stamped vellum. Top edge gilt. Illustrated by Rackham with 12 beautiful color plates, pictorial endpapers and 59 wonderful black and whites. 288 pages. Housed in custom window-framed cloth slipcase. Signed by Rackham on limitation page. Only faintest marginal toning to vellum, else beautiful.
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