1958 Historical Ballads of Denmark

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce, With Dustwrapper

Limited to seven hundred and fifty copies of which this is number twenty-four. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A collection of historical ballads from Denmark, including: Valdemar and Tove, The Battle of Lena, Squire Lavers, The Marsk Stig Cycle, and Niels Ebbeson. Translated by Sir Alexander Gray, a Scottish civil servant, economist, academic, translator, writer and poet. Illustrated by Edward Bawden, an English painter, illustrator and graphic artist, known for his prints, book covers, and posters, and George Mackie, a Scottish artist, graphic designer, and illustrator.