#2. by Winter's Tales

New York. 1942. Random House. 1st Printing. Previous Owner's Inscription in Front, Otherwise Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. . 313 pages. hardcover. . keywords: Literature Translated Denmark Scandinavia Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In Isak Dinesen's universe, the magical enchantment of the fairy tale and the moral resonance of myth coexist with an unflinching grasp of the most obscure human strengths and weaknesses. A despairing author abandons his wife, but in the course of a long night's wandering, he learns love's true value and returns to her, only to find her a different woman than the one he left. A landowner, seeking to prove a principle, inadvertently exposes the ferocity of mother love. A wealthy young traveler melts the hauteur of a lovely woman by masquerading as her aged and loyal servant. Shimmering and haunting, Dinesen's WINTER'S TALES transport us, through their author's deft guidance of our desire to imagine, to the mysterious place where all stories… Read More

Very Good. Very good 3/4 light blue cloth and white marbled boards, gilt, in no Djacket. Random House, 1942, stated first printing. Color pictorial endpapers and color vignettes throughout. Some fading to spine and small scuff at FFEP, else unmarked. Corners and binding VG.