(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) Andersen, Hans Christian. Danish Fairy Legends and Tales. Half-title, lacking advertisements. 8vo, near contemporary 3/4 straight grained morocco, spine titles gilt; Robert Hoe bookplate to front pastedown. First edition. One of the earliest translations of Andersen's Fairy Tales into English, published the same year as the first English translation, containing several tales appearing in English for the first time. London: William Pickering, 1846