"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
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.