Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales
illustrated by W. Heath Robinson
Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, facsimile reprint 1980
Full leather binding in a custom slipcase, limited edition No. 259 of 500 copies.
Hardback. Publisher’s full leather binding with gilt titles and decoration to spine and front board; page-block with all edges gilt; loosely inserted tissue guard for limitation plate. Housed in a custom-made slipcase with brown buckram ends and orange Clairefontaine Ingres papered sides. pp xii, 289, [1] colophon, including b/w illustrations plus colour plates. 10 x 7.5 inches approx. (252mm x 190mm).
Occasional light foxing to pages and spotting to edges of page-block with some encroachment on to margins but generally very clean throughout. Lacks the publisher’s slipcase.
Overall, a lovely, clean copy – attractive with its complementing custom slipcase.
