Translated by Stephen Corrin (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Edgewear to boards and DJ; DJ is price-clipped; pages and DJ tanned at edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Selected and Illustrated By Edward Ardizzone (illustrator).

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. 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). …

FIRST EDITION THUS. Large 8vo. 9.5 x 7 inches. 191 pp. Bound in original red cloth, gilt with gilt block on front board, in pictorial dust wrapper, which has a small scrape mark on spine. Minor wear to extremities, but otherwise a very good clean copy. Illustrated by 16 colour plates and by vignettes in text, including head and tailpieces. Decorated by half title and title page vignettes and by publisher's device. Pictorial endpapers. Fourteen well known and lesser known tales of H. C. Andersen (1805-75), especially translated by children's author, Stephen Corrin, with the assistance of two Danish librarians. Selected and illustrated by the artist, Edward Ardizzone (1900-79). ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS DENMARK LIT. FICTION CHILDREN'S 19TH CENTURY 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS.…

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).…