Credits

Designer

Helen Gentry

Illustrator

Hilda Scott (decorations)

Illustrations

Line engravings, hand colored

Editor

Vernon Ives

Author

Hans Christian Andersen

Trim size

3.5 x 3.25 inches

Pages

60

Quantity printed

Limited edition, 1,200 copies

Price

$1.00

Typefaces

Estienne [Linotype] 12 on 13 point (text), Royal Script [Foundry] (display), Kenntonian Italic [Intertype] (display), Type Measure: 12 x 10 picas

Compositor

Charles D. O’Brien

Printers

William E. Rudge’s Sons, Horan Engraving Company (illustrations)

Printing method

letterpress

Paper

Hamilton’s Whitemarsh Vellum, Cream, Substance 28

Binder

Russell-Rutter Company

Binding

Uncovered board sides printed in red, with red cloth backbone

Stamping

black ink (backbone)

Endpapers

printed with type ornaments

Publisher

Holiday House