[Picture books] Eight works by Swedish illustrators: (1) C. Larsson. Ett Hem

24 Målningar af Carl Larsson. Stockholm, A. Bonnier, 1899, 68 p., (4 incl. col. title),15,(1) p., followed by 24 col. plates, orig. blue and yellow cl., obl. large folio.

Textlvs. foxed; bookplate on halftitle; tape-ghosts on endpapers. Lower cover w. fold in cloth. Overall, an acceptable copy of the rare first edition of this magnificent series of drawings by Carl Larsson. With a stack of loosely inserted magazine lvs. with ills. by Larsson; (2) H.C. Andersen. Tummelisa. Tredje upplagan. Stockholm, printed by V. Petterson for C.E. Fritze, 1921, 28,(2) p., 15 full-p. col. lithogr. ills. and orig. cloth-backed pict. boards after Elsa Beskow, 4to. Fine copy; (3) K.A. Melin. Skärgärdsbilder. Stockhol, W. Bille, 1891, 85,(2)p., w. num. (full-p.) ills. and orig. giltlettered pictorial cl. after Jenny Nyström, 4to. Recased; covers a few sm. defects. Good copy. -and 5 similar with ills. after Larsson (3x), Beskow and Nyström. (total 8)