ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. The Story of My Life; and In Sweden. George Routledge & Co. 1852
Half title. Orig. brown cloth, spine dec. & lettered in gilt; head & tail of spine sl. rubbed, a little damp marking to back board. 'Hobart Cust' booklabel & signatures; also signed Victoria Yorke, 1853, on half title. A good-plus copy.
¶This appears to have been first written in German, for a collected edition of Andersen's works published in Leipzig, under the title Das Märchen meines Lebens ohne Dichtung. The first English edition was 1847, translated by Mary Howitt. This new translation is by Kenneth Mackenzie, who also provides a brief preface.
Stock #39879
£60
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