THE FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

By Hans Christian Andersen, Taschen, R550

You may wonder why we’re featuring a book of fairy tales in the Home section, but, as with everything produced by Taschen, this book is a design gem. The perfect fireside read, it takes childhood classics, from The Princess and the Pea to The Snow Queen, The Emperor’s New Clothes and The Ugly Duckling, and illustrates them with vintage artwork from the 1890s through to the 1980s. Featured artists hail from Scandinavia to Japan and include greats such as Kay Nielsen, Josef Palecek, Tom Seidmann-Freud (niece of Sigmund Freud), and the groundbreaking film animator Lotte Reiniger. A repackaged treasure chest of tales, this book is sure to charm for generations to come.