First published 1967

Princess and the Pea

by Hans Christian Andersen, Kari James, Barbara Lanza

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Ladybird Books (formerly Wills & Hepworth), 1967
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Ladybird Series 606D: Well-Loved Tales

The first edition of Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen was published in Loughborough by Ladybird Books (formerly Wills & Hepworth) in 1967. We track 1 edition.

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39 on Open Library, 30 in English

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The first edition of Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen, Kari James, Barbara Lanza was published in Loughborough by Ladybird Books (formerly Wills & Hepworth) in 1967.

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Pen drawing by Wladyslaw Witwicki of a princess and an elderly queen for The Princess and the Pea
Wladyslaw Witwicki's 1923 illustration of The Princess and the Pea from a Polish selection of Andersen's tales.Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain