STORIES FROM HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN 1897 ILLUSTRATED BY E.S. HARDY

[ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN]. Stories from Hans Andersen. Translated from the Danish by W. Angeldorff. Illustrated by E. S. Hardy. London: Ernest Nister, n.d. [ca. 1897].

First edition thus. Cloth-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (230 x 170 mm.), pp. 288. Publisher's original decorative cloth covers with bevelled edges. Half-title present. 18 illustrations (6 in colour) by E. S. Hardy. Decorative initials. Head- and tail-pieces. Translated from the Danish by W. Angeldorff. Dated from COPAC and inscription. Printed in Bavaria. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight, secure and square, with the hinges intact. Covers and contents largely very clean. Previous owner details to front pastedown and endpaper.