Cloth binding for 'Stories by Hans Christian Andersen’
Arthur Gaskin
1893
Cloth binding
8¼ x 5¾ inches
This is volume one of a two volume set. The cover is printed from a woodblock and is an original work. Gaskin uses his image tonally, representing an Arcadian domain in which young readers engage with the very text we are about to read. [Commentary continues below]
Photograph and text by Simon Cooke [Click on image to enlarge it, and mouse over the text for links.]