Description
No Jacket, a mylar dust jacket has been added. The Very Good- binding is tan cloth over boards, dark blue lettering and design on front cover, dark blue lettering on the spine, some soiling and corner bumping, pictorial end papers. Ink writing dated Christmas 1927 on the front free endpaper. Outside page edges are untrimmed. The binding is wobbly and pages are clean. Color frontispiece and 24 color plates plus black-and-white illustrations by Kay Nielsen.
About the illustrator:
Kay Rasmus Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator who was popular in the early 20th century, the “golden age of illustration” which lasted from when Daniel Vierge and other pioneers developed printing technology to the point that drawings and paintings could be reproduced with reasonable facility. He joined the ranks of Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac in enjoying the success of the gift books of the early 20th century. Nielsen is also known for his collaborations with Disney for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations. In 1914, Nielsen provided 25 color plates and more than 21 monotone images for the children’s collection East of the Sun and West of the Moon. The color images for both In Powder and Crinoline and East of the Sun and West of the Moon were reproduced by a 4-colour process, in contrast to many of the illustrations prepared by his contemporaries that characteristically utilized a traditional 3-colour process. Wikipedia
