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ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. The Hans Christian Andersen Library. Being: The Red Shoes, The Silver Shilling, The Little Match Girl, The Darning-Needle, The Tinder-Box, The Goloshes of Fortune, The Marsh Kings Daughter, Everything in its Right Place, The Wild Swans, Under the Willow Tree, The Old Church Bell, The Ice Maiden, and The Will-O-the-Wisp. London: George Routledge and Sons [1869]. 13 volumes. Purple cloth decoratively stamped in gold. Each volume with a hand-colored frontispiece and between 14 and 22 other illustrations. Spine ends and corners a bit rubbed, spines a bit sunned, some scattered internal discoloration, else a clean, bright set in original box (light edgewear).
A wonderful collection of 13 volumes of Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales in the original box. Each of these wonderful volumes has a wonderfully hand-colored frontispiece and is filled with black and white illustrations. A wonderful set of early illustrated editions of the Andersen classics!