Editore: The John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, San Franscisco, 1926
Da: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. Richardson, Frederick (illustratore). First Edition. Rare illustrator and publisher. 1926 at copyright; no other dates. Sea-green full cloth boards, dark green cover design and titles, lt. green spine titles, moderate shelf wear, bow, toning. Cover illustration appears to be a nearly full cover design of the little mermaid. Back cover features intriguing emblem of split globe w/in lattice of line in foreground, pyramid design behind w/flame atop w/rays emanating and International Press printed below. Pages very good. Smooth color frontispiece plate: "The Feathers Closed Over Them Closely - The Marsh King's Daughter". Features three additional dramatic color plates and ten full-page plates in b&w. Pictorial endpapers in green at front and back of geese gathering on shore around fair maiden w/rising sun in b.g. Features rare especially durable Hercules string-bind; hinges fully intact. Pictorial advert at front for the cause of The National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness. Features Hans Andersen's classics with some lesser known tales of fairies and wonder. 276 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.