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Dear me, and other tales from my native Sweden
by Morris, Edita
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Fair+
- Seller
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Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. Braziller, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Fair+. Signed. Our photos depict the actual book offered. Presentation copy INSCRIBED to poet Lenore Marshall. Blue cloth boards with silver titling on spine. Front corners bumped. Binding is sound. Interior is unmarked. Pastedowns and side page edges are lightly foxed. Priceclipped dustjacket is toned along spine, worn at extremities and heavily chipped at spine head. Publisher stamped 'D' on rear pastedown near bottom gutter. 8vo. Ships from US. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents: The pagan.--A little egg.--Heart of marzipan.--After the ball.--Dear me.--Aunt Ninna.--Kullan.--Caput mortuum.--A blade of grass.--The melody. Illustrated in B&W photography. Edith (Edita) Dagmar Emilia Morris, born Toll (5 March 1902 - 15 March 1988) was a Swedish-American writer and political activist. Lenore Guinzberg Marshall (September 7, 1899, New York City - September 23, 1971, Doylestown, Pennsylvania) was an American poet, novelist, and activist. 184 p. 22 cm.
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- Bookseller
- Quadrant Book Mart
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20829
- Title
- Dear me, and other tales from my native Sweden
- Author
- Morris, Edita
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-/Fair+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G. Braziller
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Pages
- 184
- Keywords
- Sweden--Social life and customs--Fiction
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About the Seller
Quadrant Book Mart
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Easton, Pennsylvania
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