The Nutcracker

by E T A Hoffman

  ISBN 978 1 906548 97 1

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  Cover: The Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy 1908–9

  (oil on canvas board) Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)

  Private Collection/Photo © The Fine Art Society, London, UK/

  The Bridgeman Art Library

  Frontispiece: Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776–1822)

  (engraving) English School 19th century

  Private Collection/Ken Welsh/The Bridgeman Art Library

  Set in 10.5 on 13.5 Monotype Baskerville

  and printed in Great Britain on Munken Premium White 90 gsm

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