The Witch of the Woods: Fairy Tales from Sweden by Helena Nyblom [FIRST EDITION / 1968]

The Witch of the Woods: Fairy Tales from Sweden by Helena Nyblom & illustrated by Nils Christian Hald

U.S. FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING [1968] ALFRED A. KNOPF

Large hardcover in very good condition.  No dust jacket. 

Book has some light soiling to cover, but is overall in excellent shape.  Pages are clean, white and read like new.  Beautiful full page illustrations throughout.  Amazing collection! 

Written by a contemporary of Hans Christian Andersen, these eleven Swedish fairy tales have a quality all their own, and are about rulers and peasants, trolls and witches.

Stories include:

The Princess Who Hid Her Slippers, Happy Hans

The Girl Who Met the Witch of the Woods

The Prince and the Chimney Sweep

The Queen's Necklace

Why Eyvin Won the Race

All My Lambkins and My Bear Cubs

Old Olle

Aunt Karin's Chest

Princess Janina and the Troll Bradalba

The Prince Who Made Silence Speak