Shelfmark
Kb.4.20
Author
Title
Stories & fairytales / by Hans Christian Andersen ; translated by H. Oskar Sommer ; with 100 pictures by Arthur J. Gaskin.
Varying form of title
Stories and fairytales
Publication, distribution, etc.
London & Orpington : published by George Allen, M.D.CCC.XC.III. [1893] (London & Edinburgh : Ballantyne Press)
Physical description
2 v. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
Translated from Danish.
Note
Publisher's olive green case binding with Pre-Raphaelite pictorial design stamped on upper cover and spine lettering stamped in gilt; pale green patterned endpapers.
Provenance
Inscription of Edward Gordon Craig dated November 1893 and additional inscription in his hand to his daughter Rosie with ?date [18]98; with his 1896 woodcut bookplate.
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: v. 1 only, wanting v. 2.
Subject
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805 - 1875 Translations into English.
Subject
Children's stories, Danish Translations into English.
Subject
Fairy tales Denmark.
Genre/Form
Fairy tales.
Genre/Form
Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form
Illustrated works.
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872 - 1966 former owner.
Added entry--name
Craig, Rosemary former owner.
Added entry--name
Sommer, H. Oskar (Heinrich Oskar), 1861 - ? translator.
Added entry--name
Gaskin, Arthur, 1862 - 1928 illustrator.
Added entry--name
George Allen publisher.
Added entry--name
Ballantyne Press printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
England Orpington.
Added entry--place
Scotland Edinburgh.
Language code
eng dan
Identifier
B46637