The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales, Deluxe Edition (Literary Classics) (Hardcover)

by Hans Christian Andersen (Author)

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Product Description
Here are all 159 tales written by Hans Christian Anderson, the master Danish storyteller, accompanied by illustrations from Arthur Rackham, Hans Richter, and other. These cherished tales include:

• "The Little Mermaid"

• "Thumbelina"

• "The Emperor's New Clothes"

• "The Snow Queen"

• "Ib and Little Christina"

• "The Princess and the Pea"

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Hardcover: 816 pages
• Publisher: Gramercy (October 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517229242
• ISBN-13: 978-0517229248
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #181,195 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good quality, March 6, 2007

By	kj (Maryland) - See all my reviews

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The pages have gold-leafed edges, and there is a ribbon bookmark. There is also some metallic on the cover, and the illustrations on the inside are great. I have not read the text (giving it as a gift for a new baby), but the type is easy to read. The paper is of the super-thin Norton Anthology/Bible variety (hence the 4 stars), but anything thicker would make the book large and heavy, so understood. That said, read it to your kids, but don't let them play with it too hard or you'll probably end up with torn pages. The price of this book is great though, for a decent quality hardback that is a full collection.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales, Deluxe Edition (Literary Classics), September 10, 2007

By	Mrs. S. J. V. Crummey (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Excellent edition, however I had hoped to receive one with colour plates rather than the black and white plates. This was my only disappointment. The book was luxuriously bound and beautifully put together. All the stories are there, and it is funny how ones memories can play tricks as I thought the description in the story The Tinder Box described one of the dogs as having 'eyes like saucers' when the book texted 'eyes like teacups' or 'eyes like towers'. I am in no position to argue, but the story still remains magical.

Worth having this in any serious book collection, but as the pages are quite fragile I would suggest avoiding letting children having free run of this in case it gets damaged, perhaps until they are at least about 8 with advanced reading capabilities.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good Book, March 9, 2007

By	Seckmea - See all my reviews

This is a good book, I only wish that the pages were thicker and that the stories were spaced in a more, well, spacious way. the space between the end of one story and the begining of the next is only as big as a few lines. the type is also really small. None of this is really a problem, I understand that if they made the print larger, the spacing between stories larger, and made the pages thicker the book would probably weight 25lbs...and that would make reading it difficult wouldn't it? I am really glad that I got it.