PRESENTATION-COPY

DINESEN, ISAK (KAREN BLIXEN).

Babettes Gæstebud.

København, Fremad, 1952.

In the original printed wrappers. With the author's presentation to half-title: "Glædelig jul / fra / Forfatteren". (i.e. "Marry christmas / from / the author"). Given to Blixen's Swedish agent Lena Gedin. Light wear to extremities, otherwise a nice copy.

Presentation-copy of the first Danish translation of Blixen’s Babette’s Feast about a French woman, Babette, who ends up cooking an extraordinary, lavish meal for a small religious community in rural Denmark.

Order-nr.: 62126