HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES 1911 ILLUSTRATED BY CECILE WALTON

[ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN]. Fairy Tales. London: T. C. and E. C. Jack, 1911.

FIRST EDITION THUS; cloth-bound, hardcover, octavo (24 x 16.5 x 4.5cm), pp. vii, [1], 431. English text, translated by H. Oskar Sommer. Beautifully bound in full black buckram decoratively stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges rough cut, black and gold pictorial endpapers with Celtic design, half-title, 24 full-page colour plates by Cecile Walton in art nouveau style. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Some bumping to spine ends. Covers and contents largely clean. Without previous ownership markings.

Notes: Rare first Cecile Walton illustrated edition. A handsome copy of this delightful book of fairy tales. Stories include: The Princess and the Pea; The Tinder-Box; The Little Mermaid; The Snow-Queen; The Emperor's New Suit; Thumbelina and many more. Walton's stunning illustrations are both ethereal and atmospheric.