The Snow Queen. A Tale in Seven Stories. Translated by Patricia L. Conroy and Sven H. Rossel. Postscript by Erik Dal

The tale follows two children, Gerda and Kai, who become close friends. Kai is enchanted by a magical mirror made by a troll, which distorts reality and causes a shard to lodge in his eye and heart, making him cold and cruel. The Snow Queen takes Kai to her icy palace, and Gerda embarks on a perilous journey to rescue him, encountering helpers and overcoming obstacles. Condition: FINE BOOK INFO Published in 1986 by Poul Kristensen (printer to the Royal Danish Court) in Herning, Denmark in 1986. Written in English. Limited edition #110/300. Signed by the artist, Helge Ernst, on the limitation page. Bound in its original sky-blue cloth-covered boards with decorations of snowflakes on the covers and spine lettering in silver. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Lovely typography. High-quality, thick paper. Folio, 13.5" x 9.25". Collated and complete with all plates: 77, [3] pp. Color frontispiece and plates. ABOUT THE ARTIST Helge Ernst (1916 - 1991) was a Danish painter, graphic artist, printmaker, designer, and filmmaker whose career spanned painting, engraving, design, and experimental film. Born in Copenhagen to bookbinder Frederik Ernst and Dagmar Martine Christense Sørensen, he was largely self-taught and began exhibiting in 1938 at the Autumn Art Exhibition in Copenhagen. Ernst's career bridged traditional Danish figurative painting with modern abstraction, and he remains a significant figure in 20th-century Danish art, remembered for both his visual innovation and his role in promoting contemporary art through diverse media. CONDITION REPORT The book is in beautiful FINE collectible condition. Firmly bound, square spine, tight pages. Clean, vibrant cloth. The interior is almost like new with clean, white, crisp pages and no writing, foxing or ex libris marks. A superior collectible copy of a timeless fairy tale classic by Hans Christian Andersen. …