"The Bond of Friendship" is number 61 in the Hans Christian Andersen Center's register of Andersen's literary works, i.e. no. 61 in the category fairy tale (the range 1 - 300).

"The Bond of Friendship" was first published 30 April 1842, cf. the bibliographic description (in Danish) in : H.C. Andersen-Centrets bibliografiske optegnelser:

Venskabs-Pagten

Eventyret "Venskabs-Pagten" udkom for første gang som en del af rejsebogen En Digters Bazar, som udkom 30. april 1842. Udkom 15. december 1862 som selvstændigt eventyr i samlingen Eventyr og Historier. Første Bind, illustreret af Vilhelm Pedersen.

The work was published as a part of En Digters Bazar [Danish title]. (Number 711. BFN 417. Category/genre: Travelogue).

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Editions

The work was published later (15 December 1862) as a part of Eventyr og Historier. Første Bind. 1862 [Danish title]. (Number 327. BFN 843. Category/genre: Fairy tale collection).

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