197 - NIELSEN, Kay. *East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North*.

NIELSEN, Kay. *East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North*. New York, George H. Doran Company, n.d. (c. 1920) In-8 (23 x 16 cm), paperback, illustrated dust jacket. 204 pp. Spine of dust jacket sun-faded, slight rubbing on the top and bottom edges. American edition of this collection of 15 Nordic folktales compiled by Peter C. Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe (enthusiastic collectors of Scandinavian folklore in the mid-19th century). The illustrations are by the Danish artist Kay Nielsen (1886–1957) and include 24 full-color inserts on mounted vignettes, as well as several black-and-white illustrations within the text. The original was published in London in 1914 (Hodder & Stoughton), illustrated by the same artist. A beautiful copy in the publisher’s binding with the rare dust jacket still intact.