Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales. Translated by H. Oskar Sommer. With twenty-Four Pictures in Colour by Cecile Walton. London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1911. First Edition. Pp, 429. Blue cloth boards richly decorated & lettered in gilt, with gold and black geometric patterned endpapers. Light shelf-wear to covers, contents pages in nice bright condition.

A beautifully produced edition of Andersen’s tales with striking illustrations by Cecile Walton.

Walton was a Scottish painter, illustrator and sculptor. She is considered a moving spirit of the Edinburgh chapter of the Symbolist movement presenting elements of spirituality, the imagination, and dreams.