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Nye Eventyr og Historier. 1.-4. Samling. 1858–1860. + Nye Eventyr og Historier. 2. Række, 1.-4. Samling. 1862–1866. + Eventyr og Historier. Ny Samling 1872. With the sign. of Ejnar Chr[istiansen] on fly leaves. Bound with autograph inscription by Andersen on the verso of a front wrapper for Andersen's German edition of “Neue Märchen und Geschichte” published in 1872.) + Nye Eventyr og Historier. 3. Række, 2. Samling. 1872. With orig. miniature photography of Andersen mounted on fly leaf. C. 3×2 cm. Bound in uniform half morocco (Anker Kyster . (10) This fine set of Hans Christian Andersen's later fairy-tales is bound with an orig. inscription by Andersen for his friend William Bloch. It is dated Halberstadt 31 May 1872 during the time when Andersen travelled with the young Bloch through Germany. The inscription reads: “Erindring fra Leipzig og Halberstadt for min kære unge Ven William Bloch efter henved to Maaneders Flyvenom i Guds deilige Verden. H.C. Andersen / Halberstadt, Søndag 31 Mai 1872”. (ENG: Memory from Leipzig and Halberstadt for my dear young friend William Bloch after near two months touring God's wonderful world”. H.C. Andersen / Halberstadt, Søndag 31 Mai 1872). In his diary Bloch writes on June 3: "Jeg ser, at jeg ganske har glemt at skrive, at vi i Leipzig havde Besøg af French, som medbragte nogle Exemplarer af A.s nyeste Eventyr paa Tydsk. Jeg fik et i Halberstadt.” (p. 95) (ENG: I forgot to mention that we were visited by French in Leipzig. He brought some copies of Andersen’s new fairy-tales in German. I got a copy in Halberstadt.) Literature: William Bloch: Paa Rejse med H.C. Andersen. Cph 1942. Provenance: Ejnar Christiansen (#1132), later Bent W. Dahlstrøm.