East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. Kay Nielsen. Decorative Cloth. A lovely, all-but-pristine copy of the 1914 1st trade edition of arguably Kay Nielsen's crowning achievement in book illustration. Tight, beautifully-preserved and legitimately Near Fine to Fine in its gilt-decorated and titled navy-blue cloth, with no rubbing whatsoever to any of the titling or design along the panels, and no markings of any kind internally. The 25 magnificent, richly-colored, full-page plates, all still with their accompanying, captioned tissue-guards, are bright and immaculate as well. As are the additional black-and-white illustrations within-the-text and the intricately-designed matching pastedowns and endsheets. Truly a collector's copy of the first appearance of the Kay Nielsen illustrations, the sharpest this bookseller has seen. Near Fine. Item #26102
Price: $5,000.00