[DULAC, Edmund]. Stories from Hans Andersen. With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder & Stoughton [1911]. 4to, viii 252pp. Green cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. Pictorial endpapers; 28 color plates. Spine ends a tad rubbed, spine sunned, a few spots of soiling to front cloth, free endpapers a bit discolored, else an internally clean, bright copy. Inscribed and dated “1911” by the artist, Edmund Dulac, with a 2.75” drawing! With an advertisement for the gallery exhibit of the artwork for this book laid in. 

 

First edition. A wonderful collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved fairy tales, including The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Pea, and The Emperor’s New Clothes. Dulac’s lush and transporting watercolor illustrations perfectly capture the magic and wonder of these beloved tales. Dulac has sketched, first in pencil then in ink, a drawing of the emperor from The Nightingale on the title page of this attractive copy!