Babette's Feast Isak Dinesen

DESCRIPTION: Limited edition, no. 31 of 250 copies. 13 x 9 1/4 inches (330 x 235 mm). [2], 51 pp., colophon, [1]. set in Pegasus and Albertus types and printed in two colors on mold-made English Somerset paper. Binding in quarter navy blue cloth with purple patterned paper over covered boards and an onlay turtle on the upper cover. Illustrated with 19 woodcuts by San Francisco-based Swedish artist Karin Wikström. Afterword by the renowned food writer Richard Olney. Book is protected with an archival clear Grafix Dura Lar dust wrapper. Housed in a purple paper-covered slipcase. Signed by both Wikström and Olney._____CONDITION: Book and slipcase are in fine condition._____DISCUSSION: This is Dinesen's heartfelt tale of a refugee Parisian chef preparing a sumptuous meal for the austere Norwegian sisters who sheltered her, later made into an Academy Award-winning movie (Best Foreign Language Film of 1987). The Yolla Bolly Press of Carolyn and James Robertson produced some of the finest American private press books of the twentieth century, always notable for superb letterpress printing on top-notch handmade or mould-made papers, with commissioned artwork for illustrations. This edition is a fine example of their work. NOTE: International shipping cost to the United Kingdom and Europe is $45 U.S. dollars.