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New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition (stated) . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in mustard boards backed with black cloth; 181 pages. The second "Nameless" detective novel. The boards are faintly sunned along the upper edge, otherwise a fine copy in a dust jacket with a sunned spine and front panel border, which turned the orange yellow or faded it entirely (see photos). Hinges solid; binding square. A clean, tight, unmarked copy. The jacket is now in mylar.

Oslo: Johan Grundt Tanum, 1948. First Edition (NAP). . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Photographs. Norwegian language. Small quarto in cream boards backed with red cloth. The boards carry a leaf pattern in slate-blue and gray; the spine titles are stamped in gilt. Corresponding 1948 dates to the title and copyright pages; no additional printings (this date also appears on the dust wrapper). Volume I of a three-volume set, which incorporated the art and poetry of Scandinavia (Norway, Denmark and Sweden). Contents include architectural history, painting, sculpture, theater, poetry and music. Bookplate of Norwegian-American collector Herman Gimmestad to the front pastedown, otherwise unmarked. The cloth shows only a hint of edgewear. The dust wrapper has light edgewear with three short closed tears (1/4" or less); no chips; not price-clipped. A clean, tight copy with the jacket now in mylar. A folded illustrated map of the Norsk Folkemuseum by C. Doy is laid in. Size: 4to - over 9¾"… Read More

Chicago: Markus & Kalheim, 1889. Hardcover. No Jacket. Norwegian language. Bound in printed boards backed with black cloth. 1889 date to the front cover and title page; no additional printings. 44 pages. Ex-library from Gale College, with the later bookplate of Norwegian-American collector Herman Gimmestad, whose father, Lars, had been president and professor at Gale during his career. Remainder of small sticker to the front cover, library stamps to the front free endpaper and the last page of the text, call numbers inked neatly to the title page. The bookplate is present on the front pastedown. The boards show moderate edgewear with a 2" crease near the lower edge of the front cover. Hinges solid; binding square. Contents only faintly toned, with no foxing. Clean and tight. Benson was an immigrant Norwegian poet; his works are now quite scarce, as are the publications of Markus & Kalheim. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Oslo: J.W.Cappelens, 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Karl Erik Harr. Inscribed and signed by the author to 'Herman og Wilma in deep appreciation of everyihing you have been to me throughout the years, fra Erick. October 1 1976'. Below that, the author has added for the U.S. Bicentennial ' Gratulere med Amerikas 200 ars jubileum'. The book has the stories in Norwegian and the poems in English. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with has a single 1/2 inch closed tear at lower rear cover. No other chips or signs of wear Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1918. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Louderback, Walt. Volume 2 in this 2 volume series. First edition, with Haroer code K-S (10-1918), with "published October 1918" below the copyright. Bound in tan cloth with cover decorations and titles in black and red. 258 pages. With 4 illustrations on plain paper.The cloth shows moderate edgewear, light soil, and has a faint numeral "16" inked to the spine. The front free endpaper has a 1918 gift inscription; the rear pastedown has a homemade card pocket. Hinges solid; the spine has a slight slant. PLEASE NOTE; both Harry Hudson's original bibliography and the Mattson & Davis update indicate that there was a board version of volume 1.This was probably to an attempt to follow non-mandatory government regulations for conservation of paper during WWI. Volume 2. this book, has never been seen in anything but… Read More

Kobenhavn og Kristiania: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, 1911. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Danish language. Bound in original pictorial wraps; 191 pages. Reprinted from Hamsun's Complete Novels and Stories, Volume III (1908). The wraps show moderate edgewear; the spine may have had a bit of glue work done at some time, but is holding fast. Bookplate of Norwegian-American collector Herman Gimmestad to the front cover verso, otherwise unmarked. Still tightly bound. Uncommon in the original wraps.

Decorah: Den Norske Synodes Forlag, 1888. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Norwegian language. Bound in blue cloth with cover title stamped in white. 1888 date to the title page with no additinal printings. 89 pages with a double-page map of the Holy Land in green and black near the end of the text. Muus reworked Vogt's original text, with "some changes" (nogle forandringer). The cloth shows just a trace of edgewear. Hinges solid, binding square. A clean, tight, unmarked copy.