Many collections of Andersen's fairy tales abound but what makes this one special is the striking artwork - a selection from the 1840s to the 1980s by such artist greats as Kay Nielsen, Arthur Rackham, Tom Seidmann-Freud (niece of Sigmund Freud), and film animator Lotte Reiniger, amongst others.
I walked into a small book shop located off Trafalgar Square in London and was browsing the children's section when this caught my eye. I'm so glad having lugged it all the way back and will save this for when my children are older. Cost price - 25 pounds and luggage space!