With 25 tipped-in color plates by Kay Nielsen, including frontispiece; black and white illustrations throughout. 28.2x22.5 cm. (11x8¾"), original gilt-decorated navy blue cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial endpapers stamped in gilt and black. First Nielsen Illustrated Edition, trade issue.

One of Nielsen's most important works, and only the second book he illustrated. The text comprises fifteen tales from the collection Norske Folkeeventyr.