Fairy Tales and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen
No Edition Remarks. 512 pages. No dust jacket. Blue illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white and illustrations and colour frontispiece. Translated by Dr.H.W.Dulcken. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to reverse frontispiece. Hinges are heavily cracked with exposed netting. Minor cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Moderate crinkling to pages. Binding is slightly loose. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Moderate splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.