GRIMM, Jacob Ludwig Karl (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Carl (1786-1859) (“The Brothers Grimm”). Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories. Kay Rasmus Nielsen, illustrator. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925.

4to. Color printed frontispiece and 11 colored printed plates tipped in; title-page and numerous pictorial initials printed in red and black, 10 full-page woodcuts. (Short marginal tears to a few leaves.) Publisher’s original half red cloth gilt top edge gilt, others uncut (some minor chipping ); original glassine; original black cloth slipcase (some minor staining). Provenance: Jasmine Britton, gifted to; Helen Ramsay Fifield (bookplate laid in).

LIMITED EDITION, No. 319 of 600 copies SIGNED BY NIELSEN. Danish illustrator Nielsen moved to California in 1939 and contributed illustrations to Fantasia in one of his many collaborations with Disney over a 4-year period. Despite his talent, Nielsen did not have financial success. His last artworks were murals for local churches and schools around Los Angeles, most notably the “The First Spring” mural at Central Junior High School. With a pamphlet by Nielsen, “The First Spring Mural for Central Junior High School,” laid in.

Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence Blitch

GRIMM, Jacob Ludwig Karl (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Carl (1786-1859) (“The Brothers Grimm”). Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories. Kay Rasmus Nielsen, illustrator. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925.