Author: Isak Dinesen [Karen Blixen]
Title: Winter"S Tales; Last Tales; Anecdotes of Destiny; Shadows on the Grass; Carnival: Entertainments and Posthumous Tales; Daguerreotypes and Other Essays
Description: New York; Chicago; London, Random House; University of Chicago Press; Heinemann, 1942-1979. First edition. Cloth. The first editions, first printings of these six works by Karen Blixen, under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen. The first editions, first printings of these six works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust wrappers.A collection of six works by the Danish author Karen Blixen (1885-1962), who wrote under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen. This fantastic set includes her short stories, essays and autobiographical works. The last two in the set were published posthumously.Blixen was best known for her autobiographical work Out of Africa. She was considered several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The set comprises:Winter"s Tales (1942, Random House, New York), a collection of eleven short stories including "The Pearls" and "The Dreaming Child".Last Tales (1957, Random House, New York), a collection of seven short stories including 'The Cardinal's First Tale' and 'The Cloak&apos.Anecdotes of Destiny (1958, Random House, New York), a collection of five short stories including "The Immortal Story" and "Babette's Feast".Shadows on the Grass (1961, Random House, New York), a short compendium of further recollections about Blixen"s days in Africa.Carnival: Entertainments and Posthumous Tales (1977, University of Chicago Press, Chicago), a collection of eleven posthumously published short stories, with a foreword by Frans Lasson.Daguerreotypes and Other Essays (1979, Heinemann, London), a collection of eight essays, with a foreword by Hannah Arendt. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, smart. Light fading to the spine of 'Last Tales&apos. A faint scattering of spots to the front board of 'Anecdotes of Destiny&apos. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dust wrappers remain bright and generally smart. Dust wrapper to 'Winter's Tales' is in two pieces, with chipping to the head and tail of the spine, resulting in small losses, with an amateur tape repair to the spine. Light chipping to the head of the spine of the wrapper to 'Last Tales&apos. Minor edge wear to the spine of the wrapper to 'Anecdotes of Destiny' and 'Carnival&apos. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Fine.

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