Franklin Library leather edition of Hans Christian Andersen's "Fairy Tales," Translated from the Danish by H.L.  Braekstad, illustrated by Hans Tegner, a Limited edition, one of the COLLECTOR'S LIBRARY OF THE WORLD'S BEST-LOVED BOOKS series, published in 1982.  22 Pages of NOTES FROM THE EDITOR is included. Bound in hunter green leather, the book has ivory French moire silk end leaves, hubbed spine, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, a satin book marker, gold gilding on three edges---in near FINE condition. Hans Christian Andersen, who lived from 1805-1875, was Denmark's most illustrious writer. Stories include: "The Little Mermaid," "The Nightingale," " Little Ida's Flowers," "The Jumpers," "The Tinderbox," "The Swineherd," "The Gallant Tin Soldier," "The Flying Trunk," "The Storks," "The Wild Swans," "The Gallant Tin Soldier," "Mother Elder Tree," "The Will-o'-the-Wisps Are in Town, Said the Woman from the Marsh," "Twelve by the Mail," "It's Quite True," "Silly Hans," "The Storks," "The Shadow,""The Swineherd," "The Pine Tree," "The Little Match Girl," "Thumbelina," "The Old House," "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep,"  "The Storks," "The Wild Swans," "The Old House," "The Happy Family,"  "The Shirt Collar," "The Snow Man," "The Princess and the Pea," "Little Ida's Flowers," "Little Claus and Big Claus," "The Ugly Duckling," "The Snow Queen," and "The Emperor's New Clothes," a short tale about two weavers who promise an emperor a new suit of clothes that is invisible to those who are unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent. When the Emperor parades before his subjects in his new clothes, no one dares to say that he doesn't see any suit of clothes until a child cries out, "But he isn't wearing anything at all!" 318 pages.  I offer Combined shipping.