Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9780385132138
ISBN number: 0385132131
Label: Doubleday
Manufacturer: Doubleday
Page Count: 108
Printing Date: 1977
Publishing house: Doubleday
Sale Popularity Level: 1019866
Studio: Doubleday
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Includes six traditional Norwegian tales.
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I love fairy tales--as a kid, as an adult. And I love the art of Kay Nielsen. I preordered this which would reprint one of the more well-known story collections illustrated by Nielsen.
Pros: nice large font, the old stories themselves, the excellent art for the stories.
Cons: poor binding, sticky pages, so stiff it's hard to wield the book; detail lost in the art reproductions.
For the price paid, I won't complain. I paid $19, and I'm not gonna get a marvelously bound book with razor-sharp and large reproductions for that price. It's still enjoyable.
Two stars off for 1. the poor feel of the binding and 2. the loss of detail in the size/quality of reproductions. Three stars for the 1. stories 2. Nielsen's visions 3. attractive and readable font.
If you want the stories and a look at the artwork (and can't afford the originals, cause they're super-expensive even on ebay), here ya go. There's enjoyable stuff, but it's not gonna satisfy completely.
Mir
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This 1977 book is not the beautiful book people remember from their childhood, but only a mediocre reproduction. The illustrations reveal only the shape and design of the originals, but not the magical colors.
I bought one to remind me of the original, for about $15, but seldom look at it. To pay the high prices currently being asked seems absurd. Go to a library and see the real book.
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This was the most treasured book of my childhood. My copy was lost in a fire in the 1950s. I also want to see it reprinted, with a purple cover, etc. Please!
PS - To the reviewer who complained that this book contains no one of color: It is an historical collection of northern European fairy tales, not a modern, politically correct manifesto. Although its setting in the northern forests it is timeless and placeless in its magic.
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I grew up on this book, and I can't imagine a child growing up without it. I am lucky in that my mother has a copy of it, because since as early as I can remember, I've heard the stories and loved the pictures. Kay Nielsen was a brilliant artist, and the stories are beautiful in and of themselves - this book definitely needs to be back in print. None of that paperback nonsense, either...I'm talking the original way, hardback (green cloth cover with gold embossment), and the dust jacket in purple as well, with one of Nielsen's brilliant watercolors on the front (I forget which it is).
This is by far one of the most beautiful books I have ever had the privilege to see.
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The art work may be nice, but how come everyone is white, good and Christian?
This book deserves to be out of print and should stay that way.
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