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Buy this book on-line ANDERSEN**, HANS CHRISTIAN: : FAVORITE FAIRY TALES BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN - Little Mermaids and Ugly Ducklings. [Illus by Gennady Spirin.**]USA,SAN FRANCISCO.CHRONICLE BOOKS,2001. ISBN 081181954X.
US,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Gennady Spirin illustrated colour,pictorial artwork dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - almost as new.Bright,clean,maroon floral background paper-covered boards with colour pictorial vignette to centre of each bd [front+
back) in a gilt decorated border; gilt+maroon letters to cream spine/backstrip,board's background design repeated to endpapers.US,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-59pp [paginated] includes colour pictorial oval vignette illustrated half-title page, double-page colour illustrated title page,contents list; foreword,13 full-page,full-colour illus +2 double-page full-colour illustrations; colour pictorial chapter head-pieces,and several part-page colour edge/border illus - all by Gennady Spirin.
The six stories include: The Ugly Duckling, Thumbelina, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Nightingale, The Princess and the Pea, and The Little Mermaid.Lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist Gennady Spirin,this spectacular collection gathers together six of the most beloved stories by master storyteller Hans Christian Andersen.Inspired by folk legends he collected on his travels throughout Europe and Asia Minor,these compassionate,wise,and funny tales have been treasured by readers of all ages for more than 150 years.
Gennady Spirin's delicate watercolours,in the tradition of the great masters of the Renaissance,bring these enchanted characters and their valuable lessons magically to life.
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