Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen.
New York: Brentano's 5th Avenue and 27th Street, [1916].
Price: $650.00
About the item
Clarke, Harry. First American trade edition. Printed at the Complete Press. West Norwood, England. 16 mounted color plates, 24 full page black and white and decorated head and tail pieces throughout. 319, [1] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Gray cloth. Burns Appendix A, no. 2 (the bindings were done in three varieties, vellum (@ 3 guineas) , leather (@ 30/-) and gray cloth (@ 20/-).
Item #227407
The first book illustrated by Harry Clarke, a work of 'superb technical accomplishment" and "rare poetic feeling" (contemporary review in Studio, quoted by Burns, p. 41) that established him among the foremost illustrators of the early twentieth century.
