"Fairy Tales" by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by E.V. Lucas and H.B. Paull, illustrated by Arthur Szyk, published by Grosset and Dunlap, New York, copyright 1945, printed by Kingsport Press, TN. First edition for Szyk's illustrations.

Hard boards, original green pictorial cloth with color illustration on front board, gold lettering on spine, (a little wear), 6" x 8.1/2", color illustrated endpapers; 327 pages, + 10 color plates, 17 b/w illustrations and b/w plates, very good condition.

Contains 29 fairy tales:

The Garden of Paradise. Little Tiny
The Fir Tree.
The Storks.
Little Ida's Flowers
The Red Shoes.
The Ugly Duckling.
The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf.
The Bottle Neck.
The Snow Queen.
The Marsh King's Daughter.
The Wild Swans.
Great Claus and Little Claus.
The Sherpherdess and the Sweep.
The Bell. The Angel.
The Nightingale.
Holger the Dane.
The Emperor's New Clothes.
The Steadfast Tin Soldier.
The Little Match Girl. The Swineherd.
Tree Mother. Hans Clodhopper.
The Princess and the Pea.
What the Good Man Does Is Always Right.
The Roses and the Sparrows.
The Old Street Lamp. The Tinder Box

Danish writer, famous for his fairy tales, which were not meant merely for children but for adults as well. Andersen used frequently colloquial style that disguises the sophisticated moral teachings of his tales. Before achieving success as a playwright and novelist, Andersen was trained as singer and actor. Many of Andersen's fairy tales depict characters who gain happiness in life after suffering and conflicts. 'The Ugly Duckling' and 'The Little Mermaid' are Andersen's most intimate works.

Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) was a Polish-Jewish artist who worked primarily as a book illustrator and political artist throughout his career. Szyk’s artistic style was based on medieval and Persian miniature painting. From 1921, he lived and created his works mainly in France and Poland, and in 1937 he moved to the United Kingdom. In 1940, he settled permanently in the United States, where he was granted American citizenship in 1948.

Arthur Szyk became a renowned artist and book illustrator as early as the interwar period. His works were exhibited and published not only in Poland, but also in France, the United Kingdom, Israel and the United States. He gained broad popularity in the United States primarily through his political caricatures, in which, after the outbreak of World War II, he savaged the policies and personalities of the leaders of the Axis powers.

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