Heading: (Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)
Author: [Asbjornsen, P.C. and J.I. Moe]
Title: East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Place Published: [London]
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Date Published: [1914]
Description:

With 25 tipped-in color plates by Kay Nielsen within gilt borders, including frontispiece; black and white illustrations throughout. 28.1x22.3 cm (11x8¾"), original blue cloth lettered in gilt with illustrated paper cover label. First Nielsen Illustrated Edition, trade issue, alternate binding.

Scarce copy of the variant binding with the illustrated label on cover and gilt borders on mounts around plates, more common is the gilt-stamped cover.

Small tears to cloth at spine ends, rear joint showing repaired crack, rubbing at extremities; binding cracked internally and shaken, some toning, one leaf with slight chip at lower right corner; very good.