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ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN.
A Poet's Day Dreams.
London, Richard Bentley, 1853. Small8vo. Orig. full blindstamped cloth. Small repairs along fronthinge. Gilt lettering on spine. VIII (incl. halftitle),220 pp. and Publisher's cat. (4) pp. A faint dampstain in upper margin of the first leaves. Some scattered brownspots.
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First English edition of Mrs. Bushby's translation - directly from Danish - of 20 of Andersen's fairy tales, taken from his third fairy tale collection.
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Herman H. J. Lynge & Son
William Schneider
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A Poet's Day Dreams.
London, Richard Bentley, 1853. In the original full cloth binding with the original paper title label to spine. Spine and capitals slightly worn. Corners bumped. Internally nice and clean. VIII,220,(4, - ie. oublisher's advertisements) pp.
First edition of the first English translation, done by Mrs. Bushby's translation directly from Danish, containing 20 of Andersen's fairy tales, all taken from his third fairy tale collection. With a presentation-inscription from Mrs. Bushby on the half-title: ""To Mde van Dockum/with the Translator's/ Kind compliments"".
