Q: Hello, I’m trying to find more information about my book (Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales). I believe it is the Altemus 1918 non-series publication. Would this be considered a first edition? Please correct me if I’m wrong and give me any more information that I may be missing. Thank you!

A: It is the non series Altemus publication. Since all the stories have previously appeared in other books, I do not think it can be called a first edition. However, it probably can be called the “First Edition, thus”. It originally came with a dust jacket. It is of a similar format to Grimm’s Fairy Tales which was also published in 1918 See: http://henryaltemus.com/images/NS_64.jpg