Jergen Nielsen (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2003 hardcover published without jacket/ex-library with usual markings/clean & unmarked text. 332 p.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 650 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.75 inches. In Stock.

First trade edition. Nielsen, Kay. First trade edition. 25 mounted color illustrations, numerous black and white illustrations in the text. 206 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Fifteen wonderful stories selected from the volume of folk tales by Asbjörnsen and Moe entitled "Norske Folkeeventyr." Danish artist Kay Nielsen (1886-1957) studied in Paris and lived in England in the years before the First World War, and his magical illustrations show an innate understanding of these tales. Inscribed by the artist in ink on the verso of the title page, "Helen Nestorig with kindest regards Kay Nielsen June 2 1939." The most beautiful of the twentieth-century's volumes of illustrated fairy tales. Copies of the trade edition are rarely seen signed or inscribed. Original blue cloth gilt, decorated endpapers. Minor rubbbing, a little shaken. Very good plus 25 mounted color illustrations, numerous black and white illustrations in the text. 206 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Signed.…