Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen - Hans Christian Andersen

Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen brings together a selection of the author’s best-known stories in a single volume. Presented as a hardback treasury, it is abundantly illustrated with full-colour and black-and-white artwork by Golden Age illustrator Harry Clarke.

Key details

• Author: Hans Christian Andersen
• Format: hardback
• Pages: 400
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 28 July 2017
• ISBN: 9781606600603

Included titles

• The Snow Queen
• The Nightingale
• The Wild Swan

Synopsis

Designed as a gilt-stamped hardback treasury, this collection presents Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved fairy tales alongside extensive illustration by Harry Clarke. Full-colour and black-and-white images run throughout, bringing Clarke’s distinctive visual style to the classic stories.

The selection includes well-known tales such as The Snow Queen, The Nightingale and The Wild Swan, with the artwork emphasising the mythic and uncanny qualities described in the text. A considered choice for readers who appreciate illustrated classics and for library collections, whether private or public.

Rackhams Reference : NGHAD1I95E