Jun 14, 2016 - Sale 2419

Sale 2419 - Lot 105

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
[ASBJORNSEN, PETER CHRISTEN; and Moe, Jorgen I.] East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Old Tales from the North. 25 tipped-in color plates with lettered tissue guards and numerous decorations and illustrations, by Kay Nielsen. 4to, publisher's gilt-pictorial navy cloth, bright, very minor rubbing to spine ends and tips; custom fabric-lined cloth chemise with spine gilt-lettered after the spine; linen slipcase. (London): Hodder & Stoughton, [1914]

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a gorgeous, bright copy of first english trade edition of nielsen's masterpiece with none of the usual rubbing to the binding. All plates bright and fresh as well.