Hans Andersen's Story Book. with a Memoir [Fairy Tales]

vi, 9-154, 7-187, [3] pp. Beautiful blind-stamped purple cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Engraved frontispiece, portrait of Andersen from a painting by Carl Hartmann, and several other illustrations in text. A collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, known for The Princess on the Pea, Thumbelina, The Little Mermaid, The Emperor's New Clothes, etc. Includes: Memoir of Hans Christian Andersen (by Mary Howitt), A Picture-Book without Pictures; My Boots; Scenes on the Danube; The Swineherd; The Real Princess; The Shoes of Fortune; The Fir-Tree; The Snow Queen - in Seven Stories; The Leap-Frog. The Snow Queen was recently adapted to the popular Disney film Frozen.