Hans Andersen/Arthur Gaskin - Stories and Fairy Tales, First and Second Series - 1893

A very RARE and incredibly SCARCE 2 volume set of Hans Andersen " Stories and Fairy Tales, First and Second Series". Original olive green cloth with darker stamped cover illustration by Arthur Gaskin. Illustrated with dozens of full-page and half-page woodcut illustrations throughout by Gaskin, as well as illustrated initials. The tales were translated by H. Oskar Sommer, and it included 100 black and white illustrations by Arthur Gaskin. Arthur Joseph Gaskin RBSA (1862 1928) was a preeminent English illustrator, painter, teacher and designer of jewellery and enamelwork. Gaskin and his wife Georgie Gaskin were members of the Birmingham Group of Artist-Craftsmen, which sought to apply the principles of the Arts and Crafts movement across the decorative arts. Like many of the group, Gaskin studied at the Birmingham School of Art under Edward R. Taylor and later taught there. Books in good to very good condition!!! Externally light stains on boards, spines lightly sunned, light wear around edges and corners, light wear head and tail of spine, overall good. Inside light marginal occasionally stains but overall clean and complete!!!! In vol 1 lacking ffe. Beautiful set!!!
Uncommon. Rarity.