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| The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales, Deluxe Edition (Literary Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher: Gramercy
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $9.95
You Save: $10.04 (50%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 9017
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 816
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.6
ISBN: 0517229242
EAN: 9780517229248
ASIN: 0517229242
Publication Date: October 3, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New
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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"
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
Good quality March 6, 2007
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
See my customer images.
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.
 clumsy translations / great stories November 23, 2007
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
There are many better translations out there, so there is no excuse to produce something that reads badly. I was disappointed and bought another edition. Mine is being resold on Amazon. I hate these bogus "classics."
The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales, Deluxe Edition (Literary Classics) September 10, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
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.
A good Book March 9, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
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.
 Very Nice. June 27, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales, Deluxe Edition is a very nice book. Of course the fairy tales that we all love are in the book, but the book itself is pretty. I am very happy with it.
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