[BAUER, John]. Bland Tomtar Och Troll. En Samling Sagor Och Berättelser. Utgivna av “Julbockens” redaktion. Redaktör Cyrus Granér. Andra Årgången. [A Collection of Fairy Tales and Stories. Published by "Julbockens " editors. Edited by Cyrus Granér. Second Year]. Göteborg, Sweden: Julstämnings Förlag, 1908. 8vo, 104pp. Orange cloth spine with glazed color pictorial boards. Decorative endpapers; 16 full-page two-color illustrations, 3 full-page halftone illustrations, and numerous smaller illustrations. Corners a bit worn, spine ends a tad rubbed, boards a tad soiled, else a remarkably clean, bright copy. Scarce!

First and only edition. The second of the annual Swedish collection of fairy tales, titled ”Among Gnomes and Trolls” in English, and one of only 8 editions illustrated entirely by John Bauer before his untimely death in a shipwreck in 1918. This marks the first appearance of these illustrations by Bauer, which though painted in full color, were reproduced in halftone and two colors due to the technical limitations of the time (some having been reproduced in full color in later editions alongside the Einer Norelius illustrations).