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Winters Tales
by Isak Dinesen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Random House, New York, 1942. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Authors third book and second book of short stories (11). Book is a stated FIRST PRINTING in near fine condition, with faded spine ends and original stain to top. paste-downs and end pages are beautifully illustrated with color paintings. Quarter bound in light blue cloth as are corners, with gilded lines over fine light blue marbled boards. Jacket would be fine except for slight wear at spine bottom and jacket is price clipped. The eleven stories of this volume encompass, in their rang3e and variety, the natural and the supernatural, the world of reality and the realm of the incorporeal. They are evocations of moods, mystical and aglow with life, which linger long in one's memory, They are heart stirring tales of fantasy and actuality, wrought with almost incredible wizardry. This copy is a very fine collectible of a 20th century master story teller. Protected in Mylar.
Synopsis
Isak Dinesen is the pseudonym of Karen Blixen, born in Denmark in 1885. After her marriage in 1914 to Baren Bror Blixen, she and her husband lived in British East Africa, where they owned a coffee plantation. She was divorced from her husband in 1921 but continued to manage the plantation for another ten years, until the collapse of the coffee market forced her to sell the property and return to Denmark in 1931. There she began to write in English under the nom de plume Isak Dinesen. Her first book, and literary success, was Seven Gothic Tales . It was followed by Out of Africa , The Angelic Avengers (written under the pseudonym Pierre Andrézel), Winter's Tales , Last Tales , Anecdotes of Destiny , Shadows on the Grass and Ehrengard . She died in 1962.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Oshtemo Book Sellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000629
- Title
- Winters Tales
- Author
- Isak Dinesen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Very Fine first edition/first printing
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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