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1890 Rare Victorian Book - Hans ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES illustrated.

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Author : Hans Andersen (Paull, Mrs H. B.,  translators).
Title : Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales with Original illustrations and page plates printed in colours.
Publisher : London and New York, Frederick Warne and Co., no date (circa 1890).
Language : Text in English.
Size : 8.5 " X 6 ". 
Pages : xvi--512 pages.
Binding : Very good and attractive original illustrated cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. A rare find in this beautiful binding!
Content : Good content (bright and tight, some heavy foxing and staining - as shown, 1902 School Prize label on first endpaper). 
Illustrations : Profusely illustrated  with a colour frontispiece illustration and further in-text & full page engraved illustrations.


The book : Rare and attractive illustrated edition of Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales.

The authors : Hans Christian Andersen (2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875), in Denmark usually called H.C. Andersen, was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his fairy tales.