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Rare and modern books

[Nielsen

HANSEL AND GRETEL and Other Stories By the Brothers Grimm

Hodder & Stoughton, 1925

8415.00 €

Buddenbrooks Inc.

(Newburyport, United States of America)

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Year of publication
1925
Place of printing
London
Author
[Nielsen
Publishers
Hodder & Stoughton
Edition
A TRULY HANDSOME COPY OF THE VERY RARE LIMITED FIRST EDITION, IN
First edition
Yes

Description

FIRST EDITION AND THE BEST OF THE LIMITED EDITIONS. One of only 600 copies hand-numbered and SIGNED BY KAY NIELSEN. This copy also with the laid-in announcement from Leicester Galleries regarding the availability for purchase of the original watercolours produced to illustrate this book. With 12 tipped-in color plates, 10 black & white illustrations, decorated title-page, decorated initials, and red decorative endleaves all by Kay Nielsen. 4to, publisher?s best original binding of beautiful ivory cloth, the upper cover lettered in gilt and pictorially decorated with Nielsen's all-over designs in gold and turquoise-blue, the spine exquisitly decorated and lettered in gilt and with the artist's name gilt within a field of blue, t.e.g. 276 pp. + plates. A very handsome copy with only very light evidence of age, the text-block, plates and binding all in very pleasing condition.