Fairy Tales

Author Hans Christian Andersen Danish

Illustrator Kay Nielsen Danish

Printer Henry Stone & Son, Ltd. British

[1924]

Not on view

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Title: Fairy Tales
Author: Hans Christian Andersen (Danish, Odense 1805–1875 Copenhagen)
Illustrator: Kay Nielsen (Danish, Copenhagen 1886–1957 Altadena, California)
Printer: Henry Stone & Son, Ltd. (Banbury, UK)
Published in: London
Date: [1924]
Medium: Illustrations: lithographs and photomechanical color process prints
Dimensions: 12 5/8 x 10 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (32 x 26 x 3.8 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
Object Number: 67.802.22
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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