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TITLE: East of the Sun and West of the Moon
SUB TITLE: Old Tales from the North
AUTHOR: Kay Nielsen
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1914
EDITION: First
BINDING: Original hardcover bindingbound in full gold cloth with black lettering and illustration on the front board and black lettering on the spine
NO.OF PAGES: Edition of this illustrated classic, with 25 superb tipped-in color plates and in-text illustrations by Kay Nielsen..br.SIZE:
Height: 24 cm
Width: 17.3 cm
Depth: 4 cm

NIELSEN'S MOST SPECTACULAR AND CELEBRATED BOOK

"Nielsen was a brilliant colorist and a highly decorative illustrator, able to introduce images that were sometimes strikingly fantastic.....By general consent, Nielsen???s most spectacular and celebrated book is East of the Sun and West of the Moon, old tales from the North, translated from the Norwegian of Peter C. Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe (devoted collectors of Scandinavian folk lore in the mid-19th century).....Nielsen's unique style and talent for combining the eerie and fantastic with beautiful decorative effect was at its peak with this set of illustrations. Drawing in pen and ink, enhanced by watercolour, with an immaculate technique, Nielsen???s beautiful books were always embellished with his designs for endpapers, frieze-like patterns, initial letters, and other decorative motifs" (Dalby, 90).