Andersen Hans Corrin Stephen (16 results)

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. Covers are shelfworn, with creased leading corners and a small nick at spine foot. Minor mark on contents page. All content is clear, and binding is sound. TS. Ardizzone, Edward (illustrator). Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. very good +. First edition, as stated. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Some light edgewear to dust jacket, including a few miniscule tears. Red boards with gilt lettering and design. Pictorial endpapers. Includes the fairy tales "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Flying Trunk", "The Shirt Collar", "The Princess and the Pea", "Big Claus and Little Claus", "The Wild Swans", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Tinder Box", "Thumbelina", "The Snow Queen", "The Darning Needle", "The Nightingale". Sixteen full-page colour illustrations and many other black and white illustrations. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 191 pp. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First illustrated edition, first impression. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised, some slight yellowing to extremities of jacket, not price clipped (£4.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 192pp, illustrated. Hans Christian Andersen's best loved fairy tales, illustrated by artist Edward Ardizzone (1900-79). Jacket and illustrations by Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book in very solid, tight condition. Faint tape residue on endpapers. Dust jacket features indentations to cover and heavy vertical creases adjacent to spine folds; has been placed in new mylar sleeve.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in burgundy cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Fourteen classic tales by Hans Anderson illustrated by Edward Ardizzone and translated by Stephen Corrin. Sixteen absolutely lovely colour plates - this is a beautiful book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. vii, 191 pp. Published by André Deutsch Ltd, London (1978). Maroon cloth-bound boards with an intricate gilt-stamped illustration to the front board and bright gilt spine titles. Beautifully illustrated by Edward Ardizzone with 16 vibrant full-page colour plates and numerous black-and-white drawings embedded in the text. A solid, very good copy with no major flaws or defects, showing only minor, standard handling wear from careful reading. The binding remains tight, square, and fully secure, with pages internally clean and completely free of inscriptions or markings. Housed in the original, unclipped pictorial dust jacket which has no price stamped on the flap. The jacket is in Very Good condition, displaying typical light shelf wear but remaining complete and highly presentable. Hss a removeable plastic protection vii, 191 pages. Features 16 full-page colour plates alongside continuous black-and-white line drawings throughout the text. Red-illustrated endpapers. Note: This beloved anthology brings together fourteen of Hans Christian Andersen's most famous tales—including The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, and The Emperor's New Clothes—specially translated by Stephen Corrin. The true value of this edition lies in its artwork by Edward Ardizzone, one of the 20th century's most celebrated British children's illustrators. Known for his soft, atmospheric watercolours and distinctive cross-hatched sketches, Ardizzone's visual interpretations give these classic, sometimes dark Danish tales a beautifully warm and whimsical feel. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). …

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st 1978. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. 14 classic tales illustrated in colour and b/w. Maroon boards, gilt titles and vignette to front. Wrapper is price-cut with faded spine; some edge-creasing; couple of closed tears. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Ardizzone, Edward (illustrator).…

Condition: Bueno. London 1989. André Deutsch Limited. A Children's Classic. 192 pp. 24x15. Ilustraciones de Edward Ardizzone. Texto en inglés.

Condition: Good. 8vo. Gilt Red Boards, Dust Jacket Good with wear along edges, price-clipped, else VG. 192 pp. Illustrations, some color. Protective mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. From the collection of Edward Ardizzone, with his signature penned to FEP. Jacket is marked and sunned. Edges are creased and nicked. Board corners and spine ends are slightly bumped. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Signed by Author. Used.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. From the collection of Edward Ardizzone, with his signature and 'File Copy' penned to FEP. Jacket is sunned. Edges are a little creased. Board corners and spine ends are slightly bumped. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Signed by Author. Used.…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A smart first edition of this collection of classic tales from Hans Christian Andersen, with illustrations throughout. First edition of this collection. Illustrated with sixteen full-page colour images and numerous in-text black-and-white images. Collated complete. A collection of fourteen tales from Hans Christian Andersen, a Danish author who, although he was a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. This collection includes The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Pea, The Ugly Ducking, and Thumbelina, amongst others. Selected and illustrated by Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone, a British painter, printmaker and war artist, and the author and illustrator of books, many of them for children. Translated by Stephen Corrin, a British writer and translator. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light wear to the extremities and minor sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A two-volume first edition set of classic fairy tales, featuring Andersen"s timeless stories and traditional English folklore, richly illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.Complete with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.These volumes are first editions.This charming two-volume set includes:Ardizzone's Hans Andersen: Fourteen Classic Tales (1978), translated from the original Danish by Stephen Corrin, selected by Edward Ardizzone. This collection includes: "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Princess and the Pea", "The Ugly Ducking", and "Thumbelina", amongst others. This copy features sixteen delightful full-page colour images and numerous in-text black-and-white images by Adrizzone. Collated, complete. Ardizzone"s English Fairy Tales: Twelve Classic Tales (1980). These tales are selected from the famous collections of Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916), an Australian folklorist who compiled some of the most well-known English folktales, such as "Jack and the Beanstalk," "The Three Little Pigs," and "Tom Tit Tot." This edition is accompanied by numerous line illustrations by Ardizzone. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, lovely. Very slight fading to extremities. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper of "Hans Andersen". Dust wrappers, lovely. One or two vanishingly slight handling marks to wraps. Very slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight fading to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A lovely pair of first edition fairy tale collections, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, and with dust wrappers. A pair of very smart first edition collections of fairy tales. Both in very smart original dust wrappers - of which 'Hans Andersen' is clipped. Charmingly illustrated throughout with the distinctive style of Edward Ardizzone, to the appeal of young readers and collectors alike. Both volumes feature monochrome vignette illustrations throughout, with 'Hans Andersen' additionally featuring illustrated endpapers, and pages of illustration in vibrant colour. Bound in original cloth. In original dust wrappers. 'Andersen' dust wrapper clipped. Externally, in lovely condition. Very slight shelf wear. Small graze to 'Andersen' front free endpaper. Single small spot to 'Andersen' front endpapers. Very slight warping to 'Andersen' rear board. Dust wrappers very smart. Very slight minor marks to dust wrapper front covers. Small mark to 'Andersen' dust wrapper front fly leaf. Very slight shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Slight bumping and the odd spot to 'Andersen' text block fore edge. Near Fine. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). book.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blackcurrant cloth effect covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, colour wash illustrated lining papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 191 pp with monochrome illustrations and 16 full-page colour plates throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with minimal bumps to the tips and corners, not price clipped. From the private library and estate of Edward Ardizzone and SIGNED by him to the verso front free end paper 'With love to Gelda (Aingelda married to Philip, the Ardizzone's second child) and her family from Granpa | Edward Ardizzone.' Member of the P.B.F.A. Member of the P.B.F.A. ARDIZZONE, Edward (1900-1979).…