"The Court Cards" is number 180 in the Hans Christian Andersen Center's register of Andersen's literary works, i.e. no. 180 in the category fairy tale (the range 1 - 300).

"The Court Cards" was first published in English January 1869.

Bibliographic description of the first publication containing this work, quoted from the Danish bibliography H.C. Andersen-Centrets bibliografiske optegnelser:

The Court Cards

Eventyret "Herrebladene" tryktes første gang på engelsk under titlen "The Court Cards" i Horace Scudder (ed.): Riverside Magazine, januar 1869.
Udkom på dansk i 1909 i "Julebogen", 8. Aargang. 1909. H. Hagerups Forlag, 156-160. Manuskriptet har titlen "Konge, Dame og Knægt" og blev offentliggjort under denne titel som et nyt og ukendt eventyr i Berlingske Tidende d. 20. 12. 1925.

Show this work in its context: all new Andersen publications from 1869.

Editions

The first Danish edition: The first Danish edition (1909): Herrebladene. Et hidtil utrykt Æventyr af H. C. Andersen.

The Hans Christian Andersen library (bibliographies):

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