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Author: Anna Wahlenberg. (Illustrated by Jeannette Berkowitz). Antoinette DeCoursey-Patterson, translator.
Title: Old Swedish Fairy Tales. Translated from the Danish of Frede Thomsen by Antoinette DeCoursey-Patterson.
Publisher: New York: The Hampton Publishing Company, The Penn-Publishing Company, 1925. First American Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 9.5 " X 7.5 ".
Pages: 296 pages.
Binding: Attractive and near fine original illustrated full cloth binding with a nice pastedown illustration (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) in a very good, near fine dust jacket (slightly chipped and soiled - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. A rare find in the original dust jacket! 
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, gift note of a previous owner on the first endpaper - as shown). 
Illustrations: Complete with the beautiful 6 full-page color illustrations by Jeannette Berkowitz.

The book: Scarce in the original dust jacket and nice edition of Anna Wahlenberg Old Swedish Fairy Tales beautifully illustrated by Jeannette Berkowitz.

The author: Anna Maria Lovisa Wahlenberg (23 May 1858 – 29 November 1933) was a Swedish writer and playwright. In 1895, Wahlenberg wrote her first art fairy tale collection Bengt's tales about kings, elves, trolls and princesses. She wrote over 200 fairy tales, dedicating some of them to her sons. In her fairy tales, Wahlenberg combined traditional fairy tale enchantment and magic with everyday problems and events. In 1899, she became the first to translate A Thousand and One Nights into Swedish.