New fairy tales and stories. [Nouveaux contes et histoires].

10 booklets bound in 3 small square octavo volumes.
Half tawny calf with corners, boards covered in fine marbled paper, smooth decorated spine, green title labels, sprinkled edges. 19th-century binding.

163 x 127 mm.

Andersen, Hans Christian. New Fairy Tales and Stories. [New Fairy Tales and Stories].
Copenhagen, C. A. Reitzels, 1858-1872.

First editions of the 3 complete series of the New Fairy Tales and Stories, published in 10 issues between 1858 and 1872.

Collection of 61 stories, among Andersen's best fairy tales.

Andersen's fairy tales are among the most translated, read, and adapted books in the world.

"With the passing of each year, Andersen's genious brought forth new "wonder stories", and the fame he had so desperately craved and striven for became a reality. Little did he know in the spring of 1835, when he all but had to beg his publisher to accept these remarkable tales, that one day they would make him immortal. And little did the critics, nearly all of whom advised him to give up his "experiment" and devote himself to his other writings, ever dream that they would live to see him gain world acclaim for these tales. For almost a hundred years now, generation after generation has been brought up on Andersen's stories. Take the English-speaking world, for instance. Since the first appearance of Andersen's Fairy Tales in London and New York, in 1846, over seven hundred different editions, including dozens of varied translations, illustrated by more than a hundred different artists, have been published in the United States alone. Indeed, Andersen's stories will live on as classics - as much part of our civilization as the two primary educational factors, reading and writing." (Jean Hersholt, p. 27).

"Hans Christian Andersen wrote some of the most treasured stories of the past two centuries" (James Mustich).

Charming copy in period binding.

Provenance: Edouard Hansen (bookplate, 1899); Pierre Berge (bookplate, II, 222).