[Rarebooks] FS: Hans Christian Andersen's Complete Tales in 6 volumes, illustrated with 230 hand-colored drawings and SIGNED by Fritz Kredel

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ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. THE COMPLETE ANDERSEN. New York: Limited 
Editions Club, (1949). Six large octavo volumes (6-1/2" x 10-1/2") bound 
in half blue buckram stamped with genuine aluminum leaf and decorated 
paper boards. This marks the first publication of all 168 stories by 
Andersen, not simply his better known fairy tales, all translated by 
Jean Hersholt. Copy #218 of 1500 illustrated by Fritz Kredel with each 
of Kredel's 230 drawings colored by hand through stencils. SIGNED by 
both the translator and the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly 
Letter laid in. Fine set in a Near Fine slipcase with light wear at the 
corners.         $450.00

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