Fairy tales. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
by [FAIRY TALES -- NIELSEN]. ANDERSEN, Hans [Christian]
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- Hardcover
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., [1932]. Tall 8vo. 272 pp. Colour frontisp., 7 colour plates, woodcut-engraved borders, illustrations by Nielsen. Red publisher’s cloth, colour plate by Charles Augustus Federer (1880-1966) on front cover (minor rubbing, slight shelfwear, toning to endpapers), w/ d.j. cover art by Federer (minor chipping head of spine, some rubbing, edgewear, minor closed tear), still VG/VG- copy. First Garden City Books edition of this work with the magnificent Art Nouveau illustrations of Kay Nielsen. The famed Danish artist and illustrator took 12 years to complete the original edition published in 1924, and the resulting plates are filled with long sweeping lines, macabre and ephemeral qualities, with stylized figures. Federer (1880-1966) illustrated several of the Garden City Books edition dustjackets, and covers, and is best remembered for his spectacular fairy tale murals in the Danbury, CT library.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55142
- Title
- Fairy tales. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
- Author
- [FAIRY TALES -- NIELSEN]. ANDERSEN, Hans [Christian]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing Co., Inc.,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- [1932].
- Keywords
- Hans Christian Andersen, Kay Nielsen, Art Nouveau, Danish Authors, Denmark, Scandinavia, Scandinavian Fairy Tales, folklore, Folk Tales, Illustrated Books, Children’s Literature, Charles Augustus Federer, Garden City Books Series
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