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Lot 95
Sale 1242 - Fine Books from the Dorros Family Collection
Nov 9, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$800 -
1,200
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$1,638
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Lot Description
[NIELSEN, Kay (1886-1957), illustrator]. ANDERSEN, Hans Christian (1805-1875). Fairy Tales. London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., [1924].
4to. (Light spotting to preliminary pages.) Original vellum gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (slight soiling, covers bowed, hinge starting affecting a few gatherings).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 327 of 500 copies, SIGNED BY NIELSEN. "Nielsen's name is invariably invoked as one of the deities of the golden age of illustration, alongside such immortal as Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane, and Edmund Dulac" (Silvey, 488). Dalby, 33, 36.
Property from the Dorros Family Collection