Original 1942 First American Edition, First Printing of Winter’s Tales by Isak Dinesen, the pen name of Karen Blixen, published by Random House, New York.

The copyright page explicitly states “FIRST PRINTING” and Copyright, 1942, by Random House, Inc.

This collection contains eleven stories, including The Sailor-Boy’s Tale, The Young Man with the Carnation, The Pearls, The Invincible Slave-Owners, The Heroine, The Dreaming Child, Alkmene, The Fish, Peter and Rosa, Sorrow-Acre, and A Consolatory Tale. The 1942 Random House edition is documented as the first American edition and first English-language edition, following the Danish publication.  

The book retains its striking original illustrated dust jacket, with the artwork continuing across the front, spine and back. Underneath is the attractive original hardcover with blue cloth spine, gilt lettering and marbled-pattern boards.

A collectible early Dinesen edition, particularly desirable because the original dust jacket has survived.