EAST OF THE SUN WEST OF THE MOON. Old Tales From the North.

First Folio Society edition. Original paper-covered boards with titles and illustrations in gilt to the spine and upper board, in slipcase. With colour plates and black and white in-text illustrations by Kay Nielsen throughout. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean and bright throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the fine red card slipcase.

A beautiful Folio Society edition of this classic collection of Scandinavian fairytales illustrated by Kay Nielson, first published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1914. Nielsen's illustrations draw inspiration from east Asian art and north European folk art to create a lavish fairytale world that remains rooted in the Art Deco and Art Nouveau aesthetics of its time.