THE WILD SWANS & C.

Item
3/4
Valentine, heart shaped, gold background, forget me not floral border, artist Brundage, cupids

HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES, THE GOLDEN HOURS LIBRARY

Set Comment

part of the larger GOLDEN HOURS LIBRARY, A SERIES OF TWELVE LITTLE VOLUMES, WITH FULL COLOUR PICTURE IN DECORATIVE CREAM EMBOSSED COVER, 64 PP LETTERPRESS, FULL-PAGE COLOUR PLATE. SIZE 5 BY 7 1/2. RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD. LONDON. PARIS. NEW YORK. DESIGNED & PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN. circa 1920's white covers with elaborate green frame design surrounding a colour paste down illustration with title below, six pages of adverts in rear with listing of other titles in the series plus other books available, numbers in the listing do not appear on the books,

Set Covers
Title

THE WILD SWANS & C.

Item Comment

green spine with title in black letters, cover illustration and one color plate frontispiece titled THE WILD SWANS,-same image, one internal colour plate titled THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL , many in text black and white illustrations, contains four stories titled THE WILD SWANS, THE STORKS, THE DAISY, and THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL

Type

Hardcover Book

Artist

MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL

Author

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

Size

5 x 7.5 in.