Babettes Gaestebud (Babette's Feast) by Isak Dinesen - 1952

E-010: Forlaget Fremad. Very Good. 1952. Hardcover. Bound in illustrated wrappers. 8vo. Forlaget Fremad. 1952. 63 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Text in Danish. Bound in illustrated paper wraps Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. First edition in book form of Babette's Feast. It had previously been published in English in the Ladies Home Journal in 1950, and was translated by the author into her native Danish for the present edition. In 1987 the Danish film director Gabriel Axel directed an Oscar-winning film based on the story which brought worldwide recognition. Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke (17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) , née Karen Christenze Dinesen, was a Danish author, also known by the pen name Isak Dinesen, who wrote works in Danish, French and English. She also at times used the pen names Tania Blixen, Osceola, and Pierre Andrézel. E-10; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .