NOW OFFERED IS THIS RARE HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON FAIRY TALES BOOK PRINTED BY McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS IN 1895. IN SPITE OF HAVING ONLY ONE GREAT COLOR CHROMOLITHOGRAPH FRONTISPIECE ENTITLED “A CHRISTMAS EVE DREAM,” THIS BOOK IS A BEAUTIFUL PRODUCTION; WITH A NICE SCRATCH-FREE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC COVER, AND NUMEROUS BLACK & WHITE TEXTUAL DRAWINGS THROUGHOUT, PRINTED ON HIGHER QUALITY, LOW ACID PAPER AND WEIGHING A HEAVY 2 lbs 14 ozs.

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON’S STORIES FOR THE HOUSEHOLD. FRONT COVER IS COPYRIGHT 1893 BY MCLOUGHLIN BROS. 890 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, WITH THE 1895, BY MCLOUGHLIN BROS. ON THE COPYRIGHT PAGE.

BOOK IS BOUND IN PAPER COVERED BOARDS WITH COLOR PICTORIAL FRONT COVER AND BLUE CLOTH SPINE WITH TITLE IN GILT, QUARTO, 10 3/8” x 8 5/8”, CONTAINING 70 FAIRY TALES, INCLUDING CLASSICS SUCH AS “THUMBELINA,” “THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES,” “THE PRINCESS ON THE PEA,” “THE UGLY DUCKLING” “THE LITTLE MERMAID,” (HERE CALLED “THE LITTLE SEA-MAID”) AND MANY MORE, MOST I’VE NEVER HEARD IN 316 PAGES. AS MENTIONED EARLIER BOOK IS ILLUSTRATED WITH A COLOR CHROMOLITHOGRAPH FRONTISPIECE AND UPWARDS OF AT LEAST 100 BLACK & WHITE TEXTUAL ILLUSTRATIONS. 

I’VE GONE THROUGH EVERY PAGE OF THIS BOOK AND IT IS IN EXCELLENT, CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT CONDITION, WITH NO MARKS, NAMES, WRITING, RIPPED OR MISSING PAGES, AND STILL A BRIGHT LETTERING TO THE SPINE THAT RETAINS ABOUT 90 TO 95% OF ITS ORIGINAL GILT. THE ONLY MINOR DEFECTS I COULD FIND ARE MODERATE RUBBING TO THE EDGES OF THE COVERS, PAGES 15 TO 22 HAVE A SMALL FOLD CREASE TO THE CORNERS, PAGE 23 HAS A TINY 1/8” CHIP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, PAGES 221 TO 233 ALSO HAVE A SMALL FOLD CREASE TO THE TOP PAGE CORNERS, AND FINALLY, THE BACK INNER HINGE IS VERY SLIGHTLY CRACKED. NOTE: SEE LAST TWO PICTURES TO SEE THE EXTENT OF THE FOLD TO THE AFOREMENTIONED PAGES.

YOU MAY WONDER WHY AT A GLANCE MY POSITIVE FEEDBACK RATING IS ONLY AT 97.8%. THE REASON BEING I WAS AWAY FROM EBAY FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND ONLY RECENTLY GOT BACK ON EBAY IN DECEMBER, 2025. FOR THIS REASON I HAVE SOLD VERY LITTLE SINCE THEN AND RECEIVED ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK. WELL BACK IN JANUARY I RECEIVED A TOTALLY UNDESERVED AND UNWARRANTED NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FROM A WOMAN WHO FOR A LOW END, DAMAGED ANTIQUE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT, THAT I CLEARLY STATED IN THE DESCRIPTION WAS CHIPPED AND INCLUDED TWO OF THREE PICTURES CLEARLY SHOWING THE DAMAGE, SHE LEFT ME A NEGATIVE WITHOUT EVEN CONTACTING ME. ONCE I SAW THE NEGATIVE, WHICH AT THAT POINT DROPPED MY POSITIVE RATING TO A HORRIBLE 90%, I IMMEDIATELY SENT HER AN UNREQUESTED REFUND AND TOLD HER TO KEEP THE ORNAMENT. IN SPITE OF THIS NEITHER HER NOR EBAY WOULD NOT REMOVE THE NEGATIVE. YEAH, SO FOR A $43.00 SALE I HAD TO HAVE MY REPUTATION DAMAGED NOT TO MENTIONED THE GRIEF OF BEING WRONGLY ACCUSED FOR DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG.