Author: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Title: Danish Fairy Tales and Legends
Description: London: Bliss,Sands & Co, 1897. Hardcover. 8vo. W.H. Robinson. This is a Fine Copy of this book in fine grain full and rich green leather binding with five raised bands to spine and with gilt title lettering to the 2nd compartment along spine.Other compartments with gilt designs and dat of 1897 in gilt to the final compartment to the base of spine.The front and rear covers have gilt lined borders.Top edge of the book is in gilt.New Endpapers have been professionally inserted.Complete with frontispiece and a further 15 b&w illustrations by Heath Robinson.This copy has one previous inscription present to the blank front endpaper.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and with NO leaning to spine.Contents of the book internally remain pretty clean internally with an odd smudge mark and some light foxing to the margins of certain pages.The edge of the contents page has had a tape repair.The binding is firm and this copy has no hinge weakness,with no loose leaves.A very handsome copy in such a high quality Leather (calf) binding 8vo 332pp + 20pp publisher's catalogue at rear of the book. [1897]. Fine .

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