The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, and Other Tales and Stories.
London: Routledge, 1853. A collection of 13 of Andersen's stories, which varies from the Princeton copy (OCLC: 17772926813). In this copy, the translator's name is not listed, and is just attriuted to "The Translator"; Princeton's is attributed to Mme de Chatelain. This copy is bound in the publisher's original red blind and gilt stamped cloth "Routledge's Illustrated One Shilling Juveniles"; Princeton's is in contemporary leatherbacked boards.
The 13 stories including Buckwheat; The Little Mermaid; The Naughty Boy; The Four Winds; The Daisy; The Ugly Duckling; The Storks; The Flower-Pot; The Galloshes of Happiness; The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep; The Tinder-Box; The Red Shoes; The Fellow-Traveller.
The three plates include the frontispiece "The Little Mermaid", W.G. Mason lower right; The Ugly Duckling (image of male turkey, other birds and cat), Dalziel within plate lower left; H. Warren lower right; The Old King And His Grandchildren, H.W. lower left; (M.G.M. ?) lower right.
18mo, 16 x 10 cm, [146] pp including the title and translator's page, which is signed "The Translator". Original red blind and gilt stamped cloth "Routledge's Illustrated One Shilling Juveniles". [3] pls. 13 stories. Some very light marking on the board with slt. wear on the early lower corners. Original yellow endpapers, signed by a previous owner "Mary E. Wells Jan. 1st 1857". Spine with expert restoration to the tips.
An unrecorded variant of a rare edition. Item #28517
Price: $2,500.00