Nielsen Fairy Tales Andersen

Andersen, Hans Christian illustrated by Kay Nielsen: The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, , New York pulished by Weathervane Books , 1986 ISBN: 0517624834
, dustwrapper is gently bumped at top edge, but in very good condition Folio

, 197 pages with black and white illustrations and 8 full page colour plates new edition Folio Hardback , head and tail of spine and corners very lightly rubbed, otherwise book is in near new condition , green cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine

[SW: Andersen, Hans Christian, The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, fairy stories, children's, illustrated by Kay Nielsen]

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Poe, Edgar Allan / Clarke, Harry. Tale of Mystery and Imagination. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. London / Bombay / Sydney, George G. Harrap & Co., 1928. ISBN: B0018KGR9E
Harry Clarke (March 17, 1889-1931) was an Irish stained glass artist and book illustrator. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. The son of a craftsman, Joshua Clarke, Clarke the younger was exposed to art (and in particular Art Nouveau) at an early age. He went to school in Belvedere College in Dublin. By his late teens, he was studying stained glass at the Dublin Art School. While there his The Consecration of St. Mel, Bishop of Longford, by St. Patrick won the gold medal for stained glass work in the 1910 Board of Education National Competition. Completing his education in his main field, Clarke travelled to London, where he sought employment as a book illustrator. Picked up by London publisher Harrap, he started with two commissions which were never completed: Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (his work on which was destroyed during the 1916 Easter Rising) and an illustrated edition of Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock. Difficulties with these projects made Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen his first printed work, however, in 1916-a title that included 16 colour plates and more than 24 monotone illustrations. This was closely followed by an illustrations for an edition of Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination: the first version of that title was restricted to monotone illustrations, while a second iteration with 8 colour plates and more than 24 monotone images was published in 1923. The latter of these made his reputation as a book illustrator (this was during the golden age of gift-book illustration in the first quarter of the twentieth century: Clarke's work can be compared to that of Aubrey Beardsley, Kay Nielsen, and Edmund Dulac). It was followed by editions of The Years at the Spring, containing 12 colour plates and more than 14 monotone images; (Lettice D'O. Walters, ed., 1920), Charles Perrault's Fairy Tales of Perrault, and Goethe's Faust, containing 8 colour plates and more than 70 monotone and duotone images (New York: Hartsdale House,1925). The last of these is perhaps his most famous work, and prefigures the disturbing imagery of 1960s psychedelia. Two of his most sought-after titles include promotional booklets for Jameson Irish Whiskey: A History of a Great House (1924, and subsequent reprints) and Elixir of Life (1925), which was written by Geofrey Warren. His final book was Selected Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne, which was published in 1928. In the meantime, he had also been working hard in stained glass, producing more than 130 windows, he and his brother, Walter, having taken over his father's studio after his death in 1921. (Wikipedia)

4°. 381 pages. Original full leather-binding with gilt lettering/illustrated spine. Tight and clean example of one of the most beautiful macabre art nouveau-publications. All illustrations by Harry Clarke in excellent condition. Besides a few minor signs of rubbing to the binding and a larger crack inside (!) at the border of the front free endpaper, the volume is in unusually excellent condition. More pictures upon request.

[SW: Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Illustrated Books, Illustrierte Bücher]

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ANDERSEN, H.C. [HANS CHRISTIAN]. Fairy Tales. With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, (Order #413594)
* Nice copy of the first Andersen edition to be illustrated by his England-based countryman, Kay Nielsen.

Hodder and Stoughton, London [1924]. 4to. 197 pages. With 12 fine tipped-in colour illustrations by Kay Nielsen, with protective tissue paper. Publisher's decorated blue cloth with richly gilt decoration (including Andersen's portrait). No d/w. Minimal soiling to front board. Slight foxing to edges. Name on front flyleaf.

[SW: Illustratorer< br> Danske personligheder/H.C. Andersen< br> Skönlitteratur/Dansk V30/Skönlitteratur]

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Andersen, H. C. ; Kay Nielsen: Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, 1924 146 George H. Doran ; fester Einband / hard cover; 1. Ed.

Hardcover Good Edition: First Edition; First Printing Hardcover. 4to. George Doran. 1924. 280 12 tipped in full color plates, plus black and white illustrations. First Edition/First printing (US). Bound in black cloth with silver, red, and black illustration mounted on front. Boards lightly rubed and worn to the edges. LIght sunning present to the board gutters. Hinges repaired. Previous owner's gift inscription present to the first blank endpaper. Text is clean and free of marks. 146; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pages

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