The Red Shoes - The Golden Age of Illustration Series - Softcover

Andersen, Hans Christian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1473328365 ISBN 13: 9781473328365

Publisher: Pook Press, 2015

This volume of the Golden Age of Illustration Series contains Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Red Shoes' was first published in April of 1845. This classic fairy tale has been continuously in print in different editions since its first publication, with many, many, different artists illustrating the story over the years. This edition features a beautiful collection of the best of that art, taken from the likes of Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Harry Clarke, Honor Appleton, Jennie Harbour, among others. This series of books celebrates the Golden Age of Illustration. During this period, the popularity, abundance and - most importantly - the unprecedented upsurge in the quality of illustrated works marked an astounding change in the way that publishers, artists and the general public came to view this hitherto insufficiently esteemed art form. The Golden Age of Illustration Series, has sourced the rare original editions of these books and reproduced the beautiful art work in order to build a unique collection of illustrated fairy tales.

• Publisher: Pook Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1473328365
• ISBN 13: 9781473328365
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: Various