Editore: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., New York, 1938
Da: Acme Books, Alton, NH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Illustrated By Richard Bennett (illustratore). X-library: card pocket inside rear cover, date sheet partly removed from rep. 305 pages, stamp on lower page #15, another on title page. Decorated endpapers. Corners worn through, fading & light soil to blue/green cloth cover. Size: 9 " X 6 1/2". Ex-Library.
Da: Ally Press Center, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 6.5 X 9 inches. 305 pages. Green cloth with black type and illustration. Signed and dated by the translator Paul Leyssac on the first blank page. Unmarked, with some light stains to flair edge. Weak back hinge. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1938
Da: Black Tree Books, Davenport Center, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. A fair condition exlibrary copy. Spine reinforced at rear hinge. General shelf and reading wear. A copy which remains in great reading condition.
Editore: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1938
Da: Basket Case Books, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Hardcover 8vo. 305pp. Interior clean; binding tight. Green cloth boards are clean. Dust jacket has wear and chipping at spine tips.
Editore: Macmillan, 1937
Da: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Regno Unito
EUR 3,56
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Good. Boards have some edge wear and marks - faded at spine. Content has light toning with a previous owner printed detaisl sticker to ffep. Stable binding despite partial crack to rear hinge. No DJ. 338pp+ Ads.
Editore: Macmillan, 1937
Da: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Regno Unito
EUR 4,66
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Good. Good condition. Boards have some wear. Content has light toning. No DJ.
Editore: Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1938
Da: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Later printing. Illustrated by Richard Bennett. Translated from the Danish by Paul Leyssac. Boards slightly bowed with bumped edges, faint dampstain on rear board, about very good in a very good edgeworn and torn dust jacket with spine toned.
Lingua: Francese
Editore: Librairie Beauchemin Limitee, Montreal, 1916
Da: Ulysses Books, Michael L. Muilenberg, Bookseller, Trumansburg, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. French language. Hardcover in very good condition, 12mo. Modern 1/4 leather, paper-covered boards. Leaves tanned and brittle, some paper damage to top of block near spine (insect? see photo). Bookseller accession no.: 24045. Uncommon edition.
Condizione: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (fairy tales, denmark, children's stories, danish ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Editore: Macmillan, London, 1937
Da: Beach Hut Books, Lingfield, Regno Unito
EUR 10,45
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Vilhelm Pedersen (illustratore). First Thus. Owner's name.
Editore: London MacMillan and Co, 1937
Da: Bentfinger Book Services, Loughborough, Regno Unito
EUR 17,82
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrello4to(21.6x14.6) HB xvi+338pp illus by Wilhelm Pedersen with Foreword by High Walpole: Red cloth boards with gilt lettering & design to spine, complete recent professional rebind-fine. Marbled endpapers,else internally near fine/fine. (829g).
Editore: Harcourt Brace and Company, New York, 1938
Da: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Richard Bennett (illustratore). First Edition Thus. Foreword by Hugh Walpole New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1938. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Presumed first edition thus [small "I" on the copyright page with no statement of later printing]. This copy has been signed on an otherwise blank leaf [between the front flyleaf and the half-title leaf] by the translator, Paul Leyssac. Green cloth-textured boards with black lettering/decoration/design, top edge stained reddish as issued, 305 pages, illustrated [including pictorial endpapers]. "An entirely new translation of a number of Hans Christian Andersen's best stories, including many of the short amusing ones which are not as well known as they deserve to be". Very good copy with spine ends lightly bumped, paper starting to tan, in price and corner clipped Dust Wrapper with toned spine that is frayed at the head and chipped at the heel rear corner, with creasing and tears repaired n the reverse with tape. clphE.
Editore: New York: J.B. Pond Lyceum Bureau, circa 1920's. [1920's]. [1920's]., 1920
Da: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Condizione: Very good. - Quarto, softcover self-wraps. A 4-page brochure measuring 10-3/4 inches high by 7-7/8 inches wide advertising a series of lectures by the Danish writer, stage and film actor Paul Leyssac. The cover is illustrated with a portrait of Leyssac from the chest up, attractively attired in a three-piece suit. The J.B. Pond Lyceum Bureau's credits are stamped in purple at the bottom of the front cover. A brief descriptive biography of the lecturer and the subjects of his lectures are printed inside with press reviews on the rear cover. The bottom edge of the brochure is creased and slightly chipped. Very good. A translator of the works of Hans Christian Andersen, the Danish writer and actor Paul Andri Jurgensen Leyssac (1881-1946) performed with the Civic Repertory theatrical group headed by Eva Le Gallienne. Leyssac had roles in a few films including "Victoria the Great" in 1937 and "Paris Calling" in 1941.
Editore: Copenhagen : official tourist association of Denmark, 1939
Da: mcgbooks, Worthing, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 8,91
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Vilhelm Pedersen (illustratore). 1st Edition. Translated from the Danish by Paul Leyssac. With original illustrations by Vilhelm Pedersen. The Little Mermaid ; The tinder-box b/w frontis ofHans Christian Andersen. 62pp23cm x 15cm VG in sl darkened and marked paper covers [sl tear to spine].
Editore: Harcourt Brace and Company 1938, 1938
Da: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
HB. No Dustjacket. First Printing. VG- condition with slight wear on the corner edges. Very small ink name on title page in bottom right hand corner.
hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Lingua: Francese
Editore: Librairie Beauchemin Limitee, Montreal, 1916
Da: Recycled, Corte Madera, CA, U.S.A.
Three-Quarter Leather. Condizione: Very Good. First Thus. The signed Stiikeman & Co binding is slightly rubbed and soiled, but the translator Paul Leyssac has boldly signed the ffep of this scarce French Canadian printing. Paul Leyssac was a well-known stage actor who appeared opposite Ethel Barrymore and Marie Tempest and whose recitals of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf were widely popular. Danish-born and French-accented, he was also an accomplished translator of Danish fairy-tale author Hans Christian Andersen. He also appeared in 7 films of the late 1930's and early 40's. Signed by Author.
Editore: Librairie Stock, Paris, 1930
Da: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condizione: vg. Fourth edition. 8vo. 224 pp. Decorative paper wrappers. Inscribed by translator on title page "Pour Stephen Green. En souvenir d'une matinee de l'alliance Americaine de Boston. Le 11 mars 1933." Illustrated with a number of lovely-quaint b/w facsimile drawings of scenes from the story line. Includes a b/w facsimile photograph of the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen at Odense, Denmark cut out from a newspaper that someone has laid in the book as well as a publisher's advertisement. In French, translated from the Dutch. Uneven pages. Some age wear to wrappers, otherwise book is in very good condition.
Editore: HARCOURT BRACE & CO, N.Y, 1938
Da: Come See Books Livres, Canton de Hatley, QC, Canada
EUR 34,11
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCloth. Condizione: NEAR FINE +++. Condizione sovraccoperta: VERY GOOD +. RICHARD BENNETT (illustratore). First Thus. EXCELLENT LIGHT GREEN BOARDS WITH BLACK LETTERING , A NIGHTINGALE AND SOME KIND OF BIRD SHELTER WITH WHAT LOOKS LIKE BELLS. BLACK LETTERING WITH BIRDS ON SPINE. SUPER CLEAN, NO MARKINGS OF ANY KIND. TIGHT BINDING. HANDSOME BROWN PICTORIAL ENDPAPERS. DECKLE PAGES. PROFUSE UNIQUE ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT. FOREWORD BY; HUGH WALPOLE. 305 pp. D/J HAS 3 TINY TEARS. IT IS NOT PRICED CLIPPED. SCANS ON REQUEST. THANKS.
Da: Goodbooks-Wien, Schleinbach, AT, Austria
EUR 58,77
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloSoftcover. Condizione: Gut. Paul P. Leyssac (illustratore). Softcover, guter Zustand mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, Genzyme 2003, Versand weltweit / international shipping.
Editore: Macmillan, London, 1937
Da: Muir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books], PERTH, WA, Australia
Prima edizione
EUR 40,89
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCloth Boards. Trans. Paul Leyssac; illus Vilhelm Pedersen (illustratore). 1st thus. Octavo, original red cloth boards with gilt illustration upper board, top edge gilt, b&w frontis portrait plate, b&w text illus, pp xvi, 338. Edges lightly rubbed, occasional light foxing, very good condition. Collection of Andresen's classic fairy tales, first thus. With a Translator's Note, and a foreword by Hugh Walpole praising Leyssac's new translaton.
Editore: Published by Macmillan and Co., Ltd., St. Martin's Street, London First Edition . 1937., 1937
Da: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione
EUR 29,69
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt vignette to the front cover, top edge gilt. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains portrait frontispiece, (xvi), 338 + ii printed pages of text with lovely monochrome illustrations throughout. Small ink message dated 1938 to the top of the front free end paper, spine very slightly faded, small surface marks to the boards and in Very Good clean and sound condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ANDERSEN, Hans Christian.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Harcourt Brace & Co., New York, 1940
Da: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Hertha List (illustratore). First Edition. New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1940. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY TRANSLATOR on 2nd front endpage -"to Will Hays with best regards Paul Leyssac April, 1941". Will Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. Paul Leyssac was a well-known stage actor who appeared opposite Ethel Barrymore and Marie Tempest and whose recitals of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf were widely popular. Danish-born and French-accented, he was also an accomplished translator of Danish fairy-tale author Hans Christian Andersen. He also appeared in 7 films of the late 1930's and early 40's. A unique Hollywood Association Copy ! Near Fine, minute rubs to tips of cloth, in a Very Good dustjacket, several small chips and closed edge tears. Roman numeral "I" on copyright page indicates a First Edition, First Printing. SCARCE in collectible condition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY TRANSL.
Editore: Official Tourist Association of Denmark, 1939
Da: The Book Box, Beccles, NORWI, Regno Unito
EUR 35,63
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Paper cover with illustration on front, a few pencil lines and tanning. Cover folded in and back has map of access routes to Denmark. Spine broken top and bottom but pages intact. A few line illustrations. An unusual copy cantaining "The Little Mermaid" and "The Tinder Box".
Editore: MACMILLAN AND CO, LONDON, 1937
Da: booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 47,51
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. VILHELM PEDERSEN (illustratore). 1st Edition. Crimson Cloth Boards with gilt blocked title and gilt blocked illustration to upper board, 215 x 150 mm approx.Top edge gilt, xvi + 338 pp + 2 of publisher's adverts. Contains the illustrations by Vilhelm Pedersen done for the original illustrated edition published in Denmark. Fore Word by Hugh Walpole. First edition 1937. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Very Good (Book - mild general shelf wear to cloth - colour rubbing only, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- loss to head and tail of spine of up to 15 mm in depth, mild tanning and shelf soiling, non price clipped - cover 7s6d. In a removable proprietary protective sleeve to which pieces of manila paper have been inserted where loss to mask the stark white of the backing paper so as not to offend the eye on the bookshelf. No other defects to book or jacket).
EUR 30,90
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCouverture souple. Condizione: bon. RO30318627: Non daté. In-12. Broché. Etat passable, Plats abîmés, Dos satisfaisant, Pliures. 265 pages. Ex-libris à l'encre en page de garde. . . . Classification Dewey : 890-Littératures des autres langues.
Editore: Harcourt, Brace & Company, N. Y., 1968
Da: Ghost River Rare and Used Books, Cremona, AB, Canada
Copia autografata
EUR 80,78
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Richard Bennett (illustratore). N. Y.: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1968. 67 pages. Dust jacket has some edge wear some small chips and radiating creases. Looks great in new plastic cover. No former owner's name. Text is clean, unmarked, in lovely condition. By Author. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Richard Bennett.
Editore: Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1938
Da: Sandra L. Hoekstra Bookseller, Thomaston, ME, U.S.A.
Richard BENNETT (illustratore). Dust jacket title: It's Perfectly True and Other Stories by Hans Christian Andersen, A New Translation, with a Foreword by Hugh Walpole Richard BENNETT, illustrator. Later printing. Small 4to; x, 305pp; mint green buckram over the board, black lettering on front and spine, small vignette of birds and a cage on front; color pictorial endpapers; untrimmed foreedge; 29 illustrated plates, small illustrations in text; light rub to bottom edges; clipped decorated dust jacket, light spots and chips to edges; near fine in very good dj. Twenty-eight favorite tales from Hans Christian Andersen with beautiful wood engraved illustrations by Richard Bennett (1899-1979). The collection includes The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, The Little Match-Girl, The Princess on the Pea, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Snow Queen, Thumbelina, and others.
Editore: Harcourt and Brace, USA, 1938
Da: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione Copia autografata
EUR 104,52
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCloth. Condizione: Very Good ++. Richard Bennett (illustratore). 1st Edition. 2nd Edition 1933. Signed by the illustrator's wife and translator to the title page. Translated by Paul Leyssac. Twenty Eight pages of fairy tales beautifully illustrated with full and partial page woodcuts by Richard Bennett. Books are very good++ and bright. Contents good. Ownership name to inner page. More images can be taken upon request. ref18407. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1938
Da: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First U.S. Edition. 4to., 305pp. Beautiful First US Edition with "1" on copyright page. Bound in green cloth with titles and illustration in black on spine and front board. End-papers and interior illustrations by Richard Bennett. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a touch at the spine ends but still quite well-preserved inside and out. Very attractive clipped dust-jacket has mild wear to spine ends and tips but is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy of a quite uncommon title, particularly in such nice condition, and quite scarce in dust-jacket.