Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen (1914)

Designs by Dugald Stewart Walker

 

 

 

To the left is shown a rare copy of Fairy Tales from Hans Christian

Andersen, an anthology of poems selected by Dugald Walker with

his own accompanying illustrations - as published by Doubleday,

Page & Company (New York) in 1914.

 

This example retains the original decoratively gilt-stamped

green cloth cover and illustrated paste-down.

 

 

 

 

 

On the right is the wonderfully decorative

Title Page designed by Walker.

 

Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen is a rare literary creature, in that the illustrator, Dugald Walker, contributed

significantly to creating the anthology and illustrating Andersen's class tales.

 

In doing so, he approached the subject matter in a wonderfully magical way, ably demonstrated through his

Dedication:

 

I have never been anywhere except Richmond, Virginia, and New York, because I

have  always been told that only grown-up people wee allowed to travel. But the

good East Wind and the kindly Moon have taken me on rapturous journeys high

above the world to get an enchanted view of things. In this book I have put some

of my discoveries, but if you are looking here for real likeness of the things that any

one could see if he were grown up, you had better close the covers now. You cannot

expect me to draw an exact picture of the North Pole or of a Chinese lady's feet or

of a sea-cucumber. But if you are interested in what the East Wind or the Father Stork

or the Moon told me, then look with my eyes and you will not mind very much if

the courtiers in the ogre's court, or the dock leaves in the Garden of Paradise, are not

just as a grown-up person thinks they should be. After all is said and done, what the

young ones say about it is the all-important matter.

 

The images contributed by Walker to Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen are considered a suite that may

rightly be described as his masterpiece.

 

 

Our Greeting Cards and Reproduction Prints
 

 

For connoisseurs of Walker's work, we have prepared sets of 12 Greeting Cards displaying colour images from his designs for Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen and on the left, we show an example of how these Greeting Cards appear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Code: DW FTHCA CS(12)
Price: US$60.00

 

Similarly, we have prepared sets of 19 Greeting Cards displaying the major monotone images from Walker's designs for Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen and on the right, we show an example of how these Greeting Cards appear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Code: DW FTHCA MS(19)
Price: US$95.00

 

When presented on Greeting Cards, these images are prepared as tipped-on plates - in hommage to the hand-crafted

approach typical of prestige illustrated publications produced in the early decades of the 20th Century. Each card is

hand-finished and the images are presented on Ivory card stock (in the case of colour illustrations) or White card stock

(in the case of monotone illustrations) with an accompanying envelope. The rear of each card carries information

about Dugald Walker, this wonderful suite and the profiled illustration - we have left the interior of the cards blank so

that you may write your own personal message.

 

Should you wish to order a Reproduction Print of one or more of these images, we have provided some options below.

Each of these large format prints is also accompanied by information about Dugald Walker, this suite and the profiled

illustration.

 

To purchase, simply click on the appropriate "Add to Cart" button and you will be taken through to our Shopping Cart

secured through PayPal. Multiple purchases will be consolidated by that feature and shipping and handling costs to any

destination in the world are accommodated by our flat-rate fee of US$20 for every US$200 worth of purchases.

 

Of course, should you wish to discuss some customised options, we welcome your contact on any matter through

ThePeople@SpiritoftheAges.com.

 

In the meantime, enjoy perusing these wonderful images from Dugald Walker.

 

 

The colour illustrations

 

The Mermaid

She would have nothing besides the

rosy flowers like the sun up above,

except a statue of a beautiful boy.

(Frontispiece)

 

 

The Flying Trunk

She stood still on the roof waiting for

him; she is waiting for him still, but

he wanders around the world

telling stories.

The Red Shoes

Her soul flew with the sunshine to

heaven and no one there asked about

the red shoes.

Thumbelisa

"You shall not be called Thumbelisa,

that is such an ugly name, and you are

so pretty. We will call you May".

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The Girl who trod on a Loaf

Tears of sorrow shed by a mother for

her child will always reach it; but they

do not bring healing, they burn and

make the torment fifty times worse.

The Nightingale

"Little nightingale!" called the kitchen

maid quite loud, "our gracious emperor

wishes you to sing to him!"

The Garden of Paradise

The Fairy of the Garden now advanced

to meet them; her garments shone like

the sun, and her face beamed like

that of a happy mother.

 

 

The Wind's Tale

She was always picking flowers and

herbs, those she knew her father could

use for healing drinks and potions.

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The Snow Queen

An old, old woman came out of

the house ... she wore a big sun hat

which was covered with beautiful

painted flowers.

What the Moon Saw

Her thoughts wandered from her home

and sought the Temple, but not for the

sake of God! Poor Pé! Poor Soui-houng!

The Marsh King's Daughter

"The Day-spring from on high hath

visited us. To give light to them that sit

in darkness, and to guide their feet into

the way of peace".

 

 

The Travelling Companions

The courtiers looked most grand and

proper ... Numbers of tiny little elves

danced around the hall.

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The major monotone illustrations

 

The Mermaid

She held his head above the water and

let the waves drive them whithersoever

they would.

The Mermaid

The she saw her sisters rise from

the water, they were as pale as

she was.

The Flying Trunk

And he told her all about the storks,

which bring beautiful children up out

of the river.

 

 

The Flying Trunk

"I saw the prophet myself ... his eyes

were like shining stars, and his beard

like foaming water".

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The Red Shoes

She wanted to sit down on a pauper's

grave where the bitter wormwood grew.

The Red Shoes

"You can't know who I am? I chop

the bad people's heads off, and I see

that my axe is quivering".

Thumbelisa

She was so happy now, because the

toad could not reach her and she was

sailing through such lovely scenes.

 

 

The Nightingale

"Heavens, how beautiful it is!" he said,

but then he had to attend to his business

and forgot it.

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The Garden of Paradise

The eagle in the great forest flew swiftly,

but the Eastwind flew more swiftly still.

The Garden of Paradise

There she lay asleep already, beautiful

as only the Fairy in the Garden of Paradise

can be.

The Snow Queen

"Look! the white bees are swarming".

The Snow Queen

The biggest snowflake became the figure

of a woman. She was delicately lovely,

but all ice, glittering, dazzling ice.

 

 

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The Snow Queen

She then said that she was sitting

before "The Mirror of Reason," and

that it was the best and only one in

the world.

 

 

What the Moon Saw

If the public had seen their favourite

how they would have shouted "Bravo!

Bravissimo! Punchinello".

The Marsh King's Daughter

She who is related to the fairies!

The Marsh King's Daughter

"You shouldn't even tell me anything of

the sort just now, it might have a bad

effect upon the eggs".

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The Marsh King's Daughter

The great dragon, hoarding his treasures,

raised his head to look at them.

The Travelling Companions

Great spiders spun their webs from

branch to branch ... and the fairies

swung hand in hand upon the big

dewdrops which covered the leaves

and the long grass.

 

 

The Travelling Companions

Oh, what a flight that was through the

air; the wind caught her cloak, and

the moon shone through it.

  

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