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Publicado por New York
Librería: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Estados Unidos de America
Georges Lepape, Georges Barbier, Kay Nielsen, Edmund Dulac, Erte et al. Ilustrador. A comprehensive collection of c. 720 individual issues from 1900 to 1959 assembled over a forty-eight year period with constant refinements and upgrades. With very few exceptions every issue published and all in very good condition. A probably unique collection of issues in their original coversNot held by most of even the most prestigious fashion institutions & with nothing comparable in private hands.
Año de publicación: 1913
Librería: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, Reino Unido
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Original pen, ink, watercolour and wash heightened with gold and graphite. 270x305mm. Signed and dated (1913) in the upper right corner. A fine and detailed piece in perfect condition complete with original frame and backing board with the Original Leicester Galleries label and exhibition notice pasted to the rear. Nielsen produced 26 watercolours for In Powder & Crinoline to illustrate seven fairy tales chosen by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. This watercolour illustrates the story, "The Czarina's Violet". LITERATURE: In Powder and Crinoline edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (Hodder & Stoughton, 1913).
Año de publicación: 1913
Librería: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, Reino Unido
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Original pen, ink, watercolour and wash heightened with gold and graphite. 270x310mm. Signed and dated ([19]13) in the lower left corner. A fine, beautifully characteristic piece in excellent condition with a couple of faint spots in the yellow sky. Mounted and framed. "Nielsen shows in his development a fancy so delicate and an outlook so original that no charge of plagiarism can be brought against him. His colour work is delicate and suggestive rather than forceful. Very lovely is its faint blues and greens with tones of peach is the illustration plate 21 [i.e. this painting] where the high folly, the love birds and the blossom testify to the legacy of Japan." - Keith Nicholson (Kay Nielsen, 1975) Nielsen produced 26 watercolours for In Powder & Crinoline to illustrate seven fairy tales chosen by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. This watercolour illustrates the story, "Felicia or The Pot of Pinks". LITERATURE: In Powder and Crinoline edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (Hodder & Stoughton, 1913), p.52.
Publicado por 1913, 1913
Librería: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Reino Unido
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Published within In Powder and Crinoline, sub-titled "Old Fairy Tales Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch", in 1913. This fine watercolour was originally reproduced opposite page 124 and is one of the 26 colour plates. The illustration accompanies the tale of "The Man Who Never Laughed". Writing about "some of the new gift books" in the 1913 Christmas issue of The Bookman, A. St John Adcock stated "Kay Nielsen is a young artist of curiously original gifts. There are traces in his drawings for In Powder and Crinoline of the influence of Aubrey Beardsley, and there are also an imaginative daring, a fantasy, a fascinating grace and decorative loveliness that are peculiarly his own and make his art unique amongst the illustrations of this year's books". Exhibited: Leicester Galleries, London, November - December 1913, item 7. Original drawing (297 x 257 mm) on card, laid down on board, fine ink and watercolour, signed and dated ("Kay Nielsen 13") lower left, mounted, framed, and glazed (framed size 555 x 489 mm). Very minor fading but still a strong and vibrant, near-fine drawing.
Publicado por Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1914
Librería: Garland Books, Dundee, UK, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. East of the Sun West of the Moon. Old Tales from the North. Limited First Signed Edition (signed by the illustrator, Kay Nielsen, under the numeration), 1914, Hodder & Stoughton, London. Often said to be the most important illustrated work from The Golden Age Era, and the best known work by Kay Nielsen, earning the artist international acclaim for his haunting visionary paintings and drawings. A beautiful bright copy, in bespoke full pictorial vellum gilt with new silk ties, the original black-and-gold pictorial endpapers retained at front and rear, 24 lithograph plates (with additional lithograph as frontispiece, hence 25 lithographs in total), protected by titled tissues, TEG, uncut. With modern bespoke white slipcase, protecting the book. An excellent copy in bright, tight, very NR FINE condition, one or two small occasional marginal spots near the uncut (deckled) page edges, occasional minute scattering of dust in the upper margin of some pages, the endpapers age darkened as is typical, all of the beautiful plates and tissues are in perfect condition, this copy is free from bookplates or previous gift inscriptions, the book appears entirely unread and untouched. Additional photos available, please enquire. Art Nouveau illustrated. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Publicado por Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1914
Librería: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, Estados Unidos de America
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Signed limited editionÂof one of the most important and impressive books of the Golden Age of book illustration. One of 500 numbered copies, this is number 41. Quarto, original vellum, gilt titles and decoration to spine and front cover gilt, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers. Signed by the illustrator Kay Nielsen. With 25 tipped in color plates. In near fine condition. A very nice example. Laid is the original notice for the Leicester Galleries exhibition held in November and December of 1914, where the watercolors for this book were offered for sale. â Kay Nielsen was a brilliant colorist and a highly decorative illustrator, able to introduce images that were sometimes strikingly fantasticâ ¦ [The style] was uniquely his own, and his depictions of fairyland less sombre than Rackhamâ sâ ¦ By general consent, Nielsenâ 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)â ¦ Nielsenâ 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, Nielsenâ s beautiful books were always embellished with his designs for endpapers, frieze-like patterns, initial letters, and other decorative motifsâ (Dalby, 90).
Publicado por n.p. n.d.
Librería: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, Estados Unidos de America
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Signed by Nielsen at the foot of the drawing. An original pen and pencil drawing with wash on heavy cream coloured stock. The stock roughly 360 by 265mm, signed at the bottom, the image itself roughly 270 by 175mm, matted and protected in a plastic sleeve. Well preserved with little evidence of age and no damage to the drawing surface. A RARELY ENCOUNTERED DRAWING BY ONE OF THE FOREMOST ILLUSTRATORS OF THE EARLY PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY. The Nielsen drawing is quite an interesting piece. It seems possible that it might have been intended for use as a set design, but it is also a rather accomplished drawing which has very finished elements such as the figure at the far left and the figure facing. These incorporate Nielsen's best traits as an artist. The figure to the far right seems also to have a wash applied as the artist might have done while beginning his water colour work. A working figure underlies one of the finished ones, and the drawing is signed by Nielsen at the bottom of the plate.
Publicado por London Hodder & Stoughton [1925], 1925
Librería: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, Estados Unidos de America
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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. A TRULY HANDSOME COPY OF THE VERY RARE LIMITED FIRST EDITION, IN BEST BINDING, OF THE PREFERRED ENGLISH ISSUE, SIGNED BY NIELSEN. Along with the title story a full twenty-two of Grimm's Tales are beautifully illustrated throughout with Kay Nielsen s wonderfully evocative paintings. Copies this fine and beautiful are very rare. The white cloth, the gilt work and decorative work to the covers, the text-block and plates are in remarkably pristine condition. This is the last book Kay Nielsen would illustrate for Hodder and Stoughton. It was a book begun many years prior and worked on throughout Nielsen's early career. Nielsen had started work on his paintings to illustrate Grimm's stories in 1912, but the work was halted due to the occurance of The Great War. After the 1918 Hodder and Stoughton resumed the publishing work on Nielsen s illustrated books. In 1924 it was finally decided to complete Nielsen's Grimm project. The book was offered only to the luxury market and was not issued in a trade edition in England.
Publicado por London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1925], 1925
Librería: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Reino Unido
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Signed limited edition, number 434 of 600 copies signed by the illustrator. An advertisement issued by the publishers appeared in the Times Literary Supplement on 3 December 1925, which stated "there is only one edition of Hansel and Gretel, which is limited to 500 copies". Evidently demand increased the limitation but, with no trade edition, this is a scarce book. The publishers noted "the art of Kay Nielsen has never been shown to greater advantage than in these truly wonderful illustrations to Grimm's Fairy Stories. The draughtsmanship, the decorative skill, and the fairy imagination are unique, and place Mr Kay Nielsen as one of the greatest of illustrators and decorative artists. This magnificent volume is also a fine example of the engraver's and bookmaker's art". "Nielsen is a brilliant colourist and a highly decorative illustrator, his works formed into frieze-like patterns, are closest to Persian or Middle-Eastern designs and therefore akin to Leon Bakst or Edmund Dulac" (Houfe, p. 401). Times Literary Supplement, 3 December 1925, p. 823; Simon Houfe, The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists 1800-1914, 1981. Quarto. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in terracotta morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial onlay of the gingerbread house to the front board, inner dentelles gilt, dark green endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 12 tipped-in colour plates, captioned tissues, and 10 full page monochrome plates. Some minor light damp staining to the fore-edge of 15 pages else an excellent copy in a fine binding.
Publicado por Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1914
Librería: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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First trade edition. Nielsen, Kay. First trade edition. 25 mounted color illustrations, numerous black and white illustrations in the text. 206 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Inscribed by Nielsen. Fifteen wonderful stories selected from the volume of folk tales by Asbjörnsen and Moe entitled "Norske Folkeeventyr." Danish artist Kay Nielsen (1886-1957) studied in Paris and lived in England in the years before the first world war. his magical illustrations show an innate understanding of these tales. Inscribed by the artist in ink on the verso of the title page, "Helen Nestorig with kindest regards Kay Nielsen June 2 1939". The most beautiful of the twentieth-century volumes of illustrated fairy tales. Copies of the trade edition are rarely seen signed or inscribed. Original blue cloth gilt, decorated endpapers. Minor rubbbing, a little shaken. Very good plus 25 mounted color illustrations, numerous black and white illustrations in the text. 206 pp. 1 vols. 4to.
Publicado por George G. Harrap & Company, London, 1923
Librería: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: Fine in very good jacket. First edition, in the original dust jacket, of this gorgeous outlier of the Golden Age of Illustration, a fantasy of interplanetary travel by South African architect William Timlin. An Old Man fulfills the dream of his youth, "sailing by way of the Moon, and the more friendly planets" on his way to the Shining City of Mars. The ship of the title, designed by the aged engineer but built by fairies, captures the tale's balance of science fiction and fantasy: one iconic plate depicts the ship, whose design hearkens back to the Age of Discovery, outrunning the magnificent flare of a meteor. The only work authored by Timlin, THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS secured his reputation alongside prolific professional illustrators like Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, and Kay Nielsen. A beautiful copy of a strikingly original space odyssey. Quarto. 12'' x 9''. Original quarter vellum, grey printed paper boards, spine lettered and ornamented in gilt. In original printed dust jacket. 96 leaves of heavy grey paper, containing 48 mounted pages of printed lettering in Timlin's hand and 48 mounted full color illustrations. Jacket lacks 2'' x 2'' piece on spine, some closed tears, one with attendant tape repair on verso. Book beautiful with only a hint of toning to extremities.
Publicado por London Hodder & Stoughton, 1913
Librería: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, Reino Unido
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First edition, deluxe issue. One of 500 copies, printed on large handmade paper and signed by the artist, this copy issued out of series. Original green-stained vellum, elaborately titled and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut, with silk green ties. Housed in a custom made fleece-lined green slipcase with matching silk green pull. A fine copy of a most beautiful book, the covers bright with only some light rubbing to the corners, in a fine slipcase. A magnificent copy. Twenty-six colour tipped in plates, mounted on grey art paper with decorated borders, under captioned tissue guards. Text printed in grey with floral headpieces on each page. Chapter headers and tailpieces by Nielsen in line. Nielsen's first commission, remaining one of the most beautiful books to come out of the "Golden Age" of book illustration. This deluxe edition contains two extra plates not present in the trade edition.
Publicado por c, 1924
Librería: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, Reino Unido
Original pen and ink drawing to illustrate The Shadow, 12.5 x 15 cm. Mounted and framed. A fine bright and clean image.
Publicado por New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925, 1925
Librería: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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Limited to 600 Copies Signed and Numbered by the Artist NIELSEN, Kay, illustrator. GRIMM, Jacob and Wilhelm. Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm. New York: George H. Doran Company, [1925]. American signed limited edition, comprised of 600 copies numbered and signed by the artist, this being copy no. 49. Large quarto (11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches; 301 x 246 mm). [12], 275, [1], [4, blank] pp. Twelve mounted color plates, with descriptive tissue guards. Ten black and white plates (included in pagination). Title and initials letters printed in red and black. Handsomely bound by The Chelsea Bindery (stamp-signed on front turn-in) in full black crushed levant morocco, covers ruled in gilt, front cover with original gilt stamp, spine with five raised bands, bordered and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt board edges, decorative gilt turn-ins, plum end-papers (original decorative end-papers preserved), top edge gilt, others uncut. A very fine copy. There was no signed limited English edition of this book. "In an attempt to reinvigorate the market for gift books after the war, Hodder & Stoughton resumed the publishing of Kay Nielsen's books, though on a more modest scale. In 1924 they published a work that Nielsen had begun in 1912, Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, including sixteen stories illustrated with twelve watercolors. Nielsen returned to London, and in 1925 his final book for Hodder & Stoughton, Hansel and Gretel, appeared with twelve color plates" (Susan E. Meyer, A Treasury of the Great Children's Book Illustrators, p. 206). Larkin, p. 13.
Publicado por London; Hodder & Stoughton, 1914
Librería: MW Books, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked navy cloth. Highly uncommon as such. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat toned and dust-dulled as with age. Scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 206 pages; Illustrated endpapers. Description: 5 p. L. , 9-206 p. Col. Front. , illus. , col. Plates tipped in with tissue guards and descriptive letterpress. 23 cm. Subjects: Fairy tales & Folklore --Norway. 2 Kg.
Publicado por London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1924], 1924
Librería: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Reino Unido
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Signed limited edition, number 217 of 500 copies, signed by the illustrator. A selection of classic stories by Hans Andersen which includes the Snow Queen and the Tinder Box beautifully illustrated by the renowned Scandinavian illustrator Nielsen. Quarto. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, titles and elaborate pictorial decoration to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, burgundy endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 12 tipped-in colour-plates, captioned tissues and monochrome drawings throughout the text. Some minor internal foxing and browning overall contents clean. An excellent copy.
Publicado por Hodder and Stoughton, Great Britain, 1914
Librería: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, Estados Unidos de America
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Full Dark Blue Morocco. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. Kay Nielsen Ilustrador. First Trade Edition. Elegant binding by Bayntun of Bath. This binding was commissioned by our book shop. All edges gilt. Panelled spine with gilt lettering and designs. Gilt medallion centered on both covers with single gilt filet bordering. Marbled endpapers in blue, white, and gilt. Twenty-five tipped-in color plates by KAY NIELSEN with captioned tissue-guards. Many additional illustrations in black and white within the text. Original blue cloth front cover has been preserved and bound-in. Engraved and printed by Henry Stone and Sons, Banbury. Absolutely crisp and clean throughout. A masterpiece of book art, thought by many to be Nielsen's finest work. 206pp. Kay Nielsen(1886-1957) was born in Denmark, studied in Paris. He joined Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac as the stars of the Golden Age of Illustration, the early 20th century. He worked for the Walt Disney Company in the 1930's, illustrating parts of "Fantasia". His portfolio of work included only five books; the others being "In Powder and Crinoline", "Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales", "Hansel and Gretel", and "Red Magic". Size: Quarto.
Publicado por Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1925
Librería: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF 600 COPIES printed. This copy is authentically SIGNED by Kay Nielsen on the limitation page. A magnificent copy re-bound in fine material with gold lettering and raised bands with image on cover. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a superb copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Nielsen First Editions. Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1913
Librería: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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First Edition, no. 203 of 500 copies signed by the artist. Illustrated with frontispiece and 23 mounted plates, tissue guards by Kay Nielsen. Printed by Henry Stone and Sons Ltd., Bunbury. 164pp. 4to. Signed. Full green dyed vellum, spine and upper board gilt, t.e.g. Silk ribbon ties renewed, almost fine, in cloth slipcase Illustrated with frontispiece and 23 mounted plates, tissue guards by Kay Nielsen. Printed by Henry Stone and Sons Ltd., Bunbury. 164pp. 4to First Edition, no. 203 of 500 copies signed by the artist.
Publicado por Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1924
Librería: E. M. Maurice Books, ABAA, Torrington, CT, Estados Unidos de America
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Pictorial Vellum. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Kay Nielsen Ilustrador. Signed Limited Edition. TEG. 197 pgs. Full vellum pictorially stamped in gilt, small ding in cover, occasional foxing else fine; in the rare paper-backed oilcloth dust jacket with gilt spine titles, a trifle rubbed; housed in a custom solander box with morocco spine, titled in gilt and stamped with the cover design. One of an unspecified number with the cover design from In Powder in Crinoline repurposed, but title text changed. #328 of 500 copies signed by Kay Nielsen. Illustrated with 12 tipped-in color plates with lettered guards as well as full and partial page line-art decorations throughout. A stunning copy. Size: 4to.
Publicado por Hodder & Stoughton [1914], [London], 1914
Librería: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, Estados Unidos de America
284 x 220 mm. (11 1/8 x 8 3/4"). 1 p.l., 206 pp., [1] leaf. Attractive dark blue morocco by Asprey (stamp-signed in gilt on pastedown), replicating the original cloth binding in color and decoration, upper cover and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt, gilt dentelles, cream silk moiré endpapers, all edges gilt. With 25 tipped-in color plates with descriptive tissue guards, numerous black and white text illustrations. â Back cover with the vaguest hint of soiling and use, otherwise a virtually faultless copy. Offered here in a beautiful morocco binding imitating the design of the original cloth, this is the greatest work of celebrated Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen (1886-1957); it may also be the most beautiful children's book ever published. The work includes 15 Norwegian folk tales accompanied by Nielsen's darkly evocative illustrations that conjure wintry landscapes, moody heroes, and otherworldly visions. As the "Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales" notes, Nielsen's designs marry strong linearity to delicate coloring, with "highly stylized" people and objects. "Foxglove blossoms hang in measured asymmetry; princes and princesses stand on improbably long legs; and their garments billow in gravity-defying parabolas. The power of [Nielsen's] illustrations lies in his uncanny ability to retrieve a story's emotional effect on its reader and to recreate it visually in two dimensions." The high-end New Bond Street emporium Asprey has been a London fixture since 1781, serving as jewellers to a long line of British monarchs, and they sell a range of luxury goods, including finely bound books (for a short time, they even owned the merged firms of Zaehnsdorf and Sangorski & Sutcliffe). First Edition with Nielsen's illustrations, trade issue.
Publicado por London; Hodder & Stoughton, 1914
Librería: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irlanda
Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked navy cloth. Highly uncommon as such. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat toned and dust-dulled as with age. Scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 206 pages; Illustrated endpapers. Description: 5 p. L. , 9-206 p. Col. Front. , illus. , col. Plates tipped in with tissue guards and descriptive letterpress. 23 cm. Subjects: Fairy tales & Folklore --Norway. 2 Kg.
Publicado por Hodder & Stoughton, Banbury
Librería: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. NIELSON Kay Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Signed by Nielsen, in the publishers DeLuxe, gilt pictorial, green stained vellum, spine gilt. [1913]. Internally, [1] signed & numbered limitation leaf, [1], half title, frontis, illustrated title, (v-xii), [1], 14-163 pp, [1], 26 tipped in colour plates by Neilsen, all mounted within decorative borders, each with a captioned tissue guard, 9 headers & 7 footers accompanying the 7 tales, printed endpapers, small neat ink inscription to ffep, t.e.g., remainder uncut, lacks the 2 ties, boards a little rubbed at edges, minor scratch to lower board. An edition limited to 500 copies. A nice example! (covers VG+, text & plates Near Fine). (310*257 mm). Tales are: Minon-Minette; Felicia, or, The pot of pinks; The twelve dancing princesses; Rosanie, or, The inconstant prince; The man who never laughed; John and the ghosts; The czarina's violet. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Publicado por London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1924], 1924
Librería: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Reino Unido
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Signed limited edition, number 36 of 500 copies, signed by the illustrator. One of the most exquisite books from the Golden Age of Illustration. The publishers issued both Nielsen's Hans Andersen and Detmold's Arabian Nights in their Christmas list for 1924 (under the heading "Give the Best Art Books"). The Nielsen was listed first. The volume gathers 16 classic stories by Hans Christian Andersen, including "The Tinder Box", "The Real Princess" and "The Snow Queen". Kay Nielsen contributed 12 colour plates and other illustrations. Quarto. Original vellum, spine and front cover lettered and elaborately blocked in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour frontispiece and 11 colour plates, with captioned tissue-guards, full-page illustrations, decorations and initial letters throughout by Kay Nielsen. Front cover slightly bowed, spine slightly soiled, some minor internal foxing and browning; a near-fine copy with bright gilt on front cover and clean contents.
Publicado por Hodder & Stoughton, 1913
Librería: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, Reino Unido
80/500 COPIES signed by the artist, with 26 colourprinted plates (2 plates more than those issued with the trade edition) by Kay Nielsen, each tipped to thin pale grey card and with a decorative grey border design by Nielsen, the text and head border to each page all printed in grey, the title-page printed on pale grey card with the Nielsen designed lettering in red and the designs in grey, page-heads a little toned with the occasional faint spot, pp. [ii], 164, 4to, original dark green vellum, with a Nielsen design incorporating the lettering to the backstrip and upper board all blocked in gilt, discolouration to vellum at bottom corners, ties lacking, faint free endpaper browning, t.e.g., others untrimmed, endpapers with Nielsen designs in pale grey, free endpapers browned with spotting to margins of pastedowns, the latter lifting slightly at bottom corner, very good.
Publicado por London Hodder and Stoughton, 1913
Librería: Shapero Rare Books, London, Reino Unido
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Edition de Luxe. 4to. Original full green vellum, front cover and spine lettered and pictorially stamped in gilt, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. With 26 tipped-in colour plates on grey paper. Covers very slightly bowed, minimal wear to extremities. A very good copy of this title, with the endpapers very slightly foxed as usual. Edition de Luxe, limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the artist.
Publicado por Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1924
Librería: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: Near fine. Signed limited edition, one of only 500 numbered copies signed by one of the greatest Golden-Age illustrators, Kay Nielsen. Nielsen illustrates the work of fellow Dane, Andersen, in this gorgeous deluxe gift book with a style mixing "some of the decorative design of Art Nouveau with the bold shapes of Art Deco" (Menges). Includes "The Snow Queen," "The Nightingale," and more. A stunning production. 12'' x 10''. Original full vellum, gilt-stamped boards and spine. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. 12 tipped-in color plates and many full-page black-and-white plates throughout. 197, [1] pages. Housed in custom window-framed slipcase. Ink gift inscription on second fly leaf. Faint toning along edges of vellum, gilt slightly effaced on spine.
Publicado por c, 1924
Librería: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, Reino Unido
Original pen and ink drawing to illustrate Great Claus and Little Claus, 12.5 x 15 cm. Mounted and framed. A fine bright and clean image.
Publicado por London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1925], 1925
Librería: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Reino Unido
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Signed limited edition, number 19 of 600 copies signed by the artist, together with the bookplate of Jan Pie kowski and David Walser. A publisher's advert stated "there is only one edition of Hansel and Gretel, which is limited to 500 copies" (TLS, 3 December 1925). Evidently demand increased the limitation but, with no trade edition, this is a scarce book. The publishers noted "the art of Kay Nielsen has never been shown to greater advantage than in these truly wonderful illustrations to Grimm's Fairy Stories. The draughtsmanship, the decorative skill, and the fairy imagination are unique, and place Mr Kay Nielsen as one of the greatest of illustrators and decorative artists. This magnificent volume is also a fine example of the engraver's and bookmaker's art". "Nielsen is a brilliant colourist and a highly decorative illustrator, his works formed into frieze-like patterns, are closest to Persian or Middle-Eastern designs and therefore akin to Leon Bakst or Edmund Dulac" (Houfe, p. 401). The Polish-born Jan Pie kowski (1936-2022) was an award-winning illustrator and writer of books for children, and a designer of moveable books. He is chiefly remembered for his illustrations to the "Meg and Mog" series. The first book, Meg and Mog, was originally published in 1972. After the death in 2012 of the original author, Helen Nicoll, the series was continued by Pie kowski together with David Walser. Times Literary Supplement, 3 December 1925; Simon Houfe, The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists 1800-1914, 1981. Quarto. Original parchment-backed orange boards, spine lettered in gilt on morocco lettering piece, illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt. Original slipcase. Colour frontispiece and 11 colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, 10 black and white full-page illustrations, numerous initials in black and red, by Nielsen. Minor wear to head and foot of spine, spine toned and with minor spots of damp staining, minor abrasions to lettering piece, slight splitting to hinges, remnants of plain dust jacket loosely inserted, extremities of slightly soiled slipcase worn: a very good copy in like slipcase.
Publicado por Hodder & Stoughton, London
Librería: Anah Dunsheath RareBooks ABA ANZAAB ILAB, Auckland, NZ, Nueva Zelanda
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Full Vellum. Condición: Very Good. Pp.197; plates and illustrations in text. TEG, other pages untrimmed. Two preliminary pages foxed. Original full vellum. This is a recognised classic in illustrated children's books. A beautiful, fine and clean copy of this deluxe numbered edition, limited to 500 copies signed by the artist.