Author: Andersen, G. H.
Title: Skazki
Description: Moscow: Detskaia Literatura, 1967. Hardcover. First edition thus; 8 x 10 1/2; pp. [2], 3-174, [2]; grey leatherette over boards; gilt illustration to front cover; closed cuts and some rubbing to tips of spine; wear to corners with a small bump to lower corner of front cover, else boards clean; faint ripple to bottom margin of several pages, else mostly well preserved; illustrated in b&w; overall good to very good condition. What sets this particular edition of Andersen's tales apart are the beautiful illustrations by Vladimir Konashevich - one of Russia's revered graphic artists and illustrators in the first half of the 20th century. Some of the fairy tales include "Thumbelina," "The Ugly Duckling," etc. Ill.: 0. 2.

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