Selma Lagerlof: Her Life and Work (Signed By Selma Lagerlof), with a Preface By V. Sackvile-West and a Greeting Inscribed By Selma Lagerlof

Berendson, Walter A.

Verlag: Ivor Nicholson and Watson Ltd, London, 1931

Beschreibung

Octavo. 136(5) pages. Limited to 130 copies. The present copy is No. 127 inscribed by Selma Lagerlof, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1909), "Inscribed for the fellow countrymen of Sir Walter Scott and Charles Dickens, whose works were the delight of my youth. Selma Lagerlof." Adapted from the German by George F. Timpson and with a preface by V. Sackville-West. This is the author's story of her noble life and describes her work and its message. A very good copy bound in 3/4 vellum over blue cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, corners only minutely bumped, two small nicks along the bottom edge of the upper board in a very good dust jacket with a few chips, edge wear and rubbing.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 028825

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Selma Lagerlof: Her Life and Work (Signed By Selma Lagerlof), with a Preface By V. Sackvile-West and a Greeting Inscribed By Selma Lagerlof
• Verlag: Ivor Nicholson and Watson Ltd, London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1931
• Auflage: Limited Edition.
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