"Seven Gothic Tales" 1934 DINESEN, Isak Naughty

"Seven Gothic Tales" 1934 DINESEN, Isak NaughtyDINESEN, Isak [522] pp. Putnam London 1934 First Edition 8 1 4" x 5 3 4" Frontispiece by Rex Whistler Blixen's first book, published first in the United States under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen. These intricate and imaginative tales, all set in the nineteenth century, won wide acclaim in America and soon appeared in this edition in Britain and then in Denmark (as Syv fantastiske fortllinger). "Since her pseudonym was quickly penetrated, she published

they constitute a celebration of the growing celebrity culture of the Sixties

Despite that

Orvis and others

Original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine

Frame Sz: 12 1/4"H x 18 1/4"W

London is a city of hidden gardens

when the Age of Reason was yielding to the Romantic Age

Ex-libris: Leslie J

and the Herman B

After the war his work became more varied

Original watercolor of Grace Bay in the Turks & Caicos signed by Freddy Cushing (1934-2013) the Newport

and brilliant use of color