Random House, NY, 1957; First Edition; 8vo, 341 pages. Twelve marvelous new stories, last in succession of the "Tales" series begun in 1934 with "Seven Gothic Tales," and followed by "Winter’s Tales" in 1942. Here are "The Cardinal’s First Tale," "The Cloak," "The Night Walk," "Of Secret Thoughts and of Heaven," "Tales of Two Old Gentlemen," "The Cardinal’s Third Tale," "The Blank Page," "The Caryatids: An Unfinished Gothic Tale," "Echoes," "A Country Tale," "Copenhagen Season," and "Converse At Night In Copenhagen." Very Good, clean, crisp, corners sharp, binding tight, sound, and square. In a clean and bright Very Good dust jacket, with minor spine tan. Not price-clipped. Former copy of influential Los Angeles millionaire philanthropist and patron of the arts Anna Bing Arnold, with brief gift inscription from her distinguished husband, University Of California professor Aerol Arnold.

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Bookseller: AARDWOLF Fine Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5138
Title: Last Tales
Author: Dinesen, Isak
Book Condition: Used
Publisher: Random House
Place of Publication: NY,
Date Published: 1957
Keywords: Karen Blixen, Danish Literature, Short Stories, Isak Dinesen, Out Of Africa, Short Stories, Literature
Bookseller catalogs: Modern First Editions;

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