Ditte: Towards The Stars
by NEXO, Martin Andersen; KENNEY, Asta and Roland (transl)
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1922. First Edition. Octavo (19cm); red cloth with titles and design stamped in gilt on the spine; dustjacket; 268pp, [4] ads. Split at front hinge neatly mended; Very Good, clean throughout, with bright cloth and the spine gilt unrubbed. Dustjacket is slightly toned at the spine, with light, general wear at the extremities, shallow chipping at the spine ends and cornertips (not affecting titles), and two triangular punctures on the rear panel; Very Good. Third and final novel in Nexo's Ditte trilogy, portraying the working life a young Danish girl from her peasant roots to middle-class working girl. Nexo, a Socialist, was the first significant Danish author to depict the working class in his writings, and is best known for his four part series Pelle the Conqueror. First editions of the Ditte books are quite scarce, in or out of jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17168
- Title
- Ditte: Towards The Stars
- Author
- NEXO, Martin Andersen; KENNEY, Asta and Roland (transl)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- Denmark
- Bookseller catalogs
- Socialism; Social Fiction;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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