Twelve Dancing Princesses
Author(s): Kay Nielsen (Illustrator); Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Brilliant color illustrations complement a noted folklorist's masterfulretellings of traditional fairy tales in this splendid hardcover edition. Quiller-Couch, a distinguished Cambridge don, recounts seven tales of enchantment: "Minon-Minette," "Felicia, or The Pot of Pinks," "Rosanie, or The Inconstant Prince," "The Man Who Never Laughed," "John and the Ghosts," "The Czarina's Violet," and the title tale. The stories are illumi-nated by 23 color plates by Kay Nielsen, a Golden Age of Illustration mas-ter whose exotic Art Nouveau images recall the style of Aubrey Beardsley. A Calla Edition, originally published as InPowder & Crinoline, Hodder & Stoughton.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Dover Publications, Incorporated
- : 1.37892
- : 19 September 2012
- : 279mm X 216mm X 33mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Kay Nielsen (Illustrator); Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- : Hardback
- : Kate Nielsen
- : English
- : 208
- : illustrations