East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North by Illustrated by Kay Nielsen - 1977

London: Hodder and Stoughton Gallery Five, 1977. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, First Edition thus, with illustrations "From the original edition first published in 1914", 108 pages including black-and-white illustrations within the text and thirteen stunning full colour full page illustrations; very elegant book in green cloth with a brilliant embossed gilt full length illustration on front cover and equally very bright and clear gilt lettering on spine, not a hint of shelf wear, overall very gently read, if at all, tight in binding, very clean and unmarked throughout; DJ has a hint of bumping, no measurable flaws. See also our listing for E. M. Wilmot-Buxton's Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.