New York: Henry Holt and Company 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. The first volume of Nexo's Ditte trilogy a major work by Nexo who was the leading exponent of the proletarian genre in Danish. Ditte: Girl Alive tells the story of an illegitimate child of Danish laborers and her struggle to rise abover her poverty and wretched station in life. In many ways Ditte's story mirrors that of the protagonist in Nexo's four-part masterpiece Pelle the Conqueror. Basis for the classic 1946 film Ditte Daughter of Man directed by Bjarne Henning-Jensen and starring Tove Maes in the title role. First editions of the Ditte books are scarce in or out of jacket this being the best copy we've seen. First Printing. Octavo 19.5cm; red cloth with titles and design stamped in gilt on the spine; dustjacket; 268pp 2 ads. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket with a few tiny nicks at spine ends and three faint splash marks on the spine. Henry Holt and Company hardcover
New York: Henry Holt and Company 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. 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. 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. Henry Holt and Company hardcover
New York. : G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1990. First edition thus. Hardcover. . Fine copy in fine dust jacket in mylar. . 4to. Illustrated in black white and color by Troy Howell. Photograph of OUR copy available upon request. G.P. Putnam's Sons. hardcover
Glasgow:: The Children's Press no date ca. 1939. publisher's illustrated boards in dust jacket. Small old ink owner's name on pastedown; text block tanned; boards bright; tight and sound in a jacket with some chipping to the top edge of the rear panel and some light use and dust-soiling. Large 8vo. Illustrated by Anne Anderson. The Children's Press, hardcover
Tano 1985 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. VG/N pb used illustrated stiff paper wraps 103 pages. Interior clean no marks pages near bright binding tight. Slightest of shelf rubbing to wraps no chips or tears. Old price sticker on the bottom fore-corner of the upper. Illustrated with black and white images. Tano paperback
Bookseller reference : 012694 ISBN : 8251820790 9788251820790
New York circa 1864 / 1865: James Miller 1865. First Edition Thus . Green Cloth. Good. Plates. 165 Pp 2 P Publisher's Catalog At Rear. Green Cloth Gilt. Undated But Circa 1864/1865. Re-Cased By A Previous Owner With Original Cloth Laid Down On New Buckram With New Endpapers; Original Cloth Split Along Front Spine Edge And Cloth Worn Through At And Around Tips And At Top And Bottom Of Spine. Gilt Lettering All Present Slight Loss Of Cloth A Worn But Clean Example. Ex-Library With Personal Bookplate 5 Digit Stamp On Reverse Of Title Page Call Number On Spine Pocket On Rear Endpaper With Trace Of Charge-Out Slip On Facing Page. <br/> <br/> James Miller hardcover
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1961. First Edition Thus First Printing . Green Cloth. Near Fine Book/Good Dust Jacket. Color Drawings By Adrienne Adams. A bright clean almost unworn copy of the book . Dust jacket not price clipped a little light dust soiling with light edgewear with a 1/4" chip at top of spine a 1/2" x2" triangular chip at bottom of spine and adjacent lower left corner of front panel and a 1/4" chip at foot of front flap fold. <br/> <br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Wien Vienna Und Leipzig 1903: Verlag Von Gerlach & Wiedling 1905. First Edition Thus . Brown Cloth. Very Good . Bilder Von Hugo Steiner-Prague Illustrations In Color Or Black/White. 144 Pp. Red-Brown Cloth Stamped In Black And White. Decorative Endpapers In Olive And Dark Olive. A Scarce Presentation Copy From The Illustrator To M. Von Brockdorff With A Three Line Inscription Dated October 1905; Printed Dates 1903-1905 On Final Page. Hugo Steiner-Prague 1880 -1945K Was A Bohemian- German Illustrator Set Designer And Educator . <br/> <br/> Verlag Von Gerlach & Wiedling hardcover
Akron: Saalfield Publishing 1925. First Edition Thus . Illustrated Cloth. Good . Margaret Brundage Color Plate and 100 b/w Illustrations. Tan Cloth Spine Stamped In Black Color Illustrated Front Board. Copyright 1926. This Copy In Much Better Condition Than Usually Encountered. Cloth Spine Just Beginning To Fray At Top Lettering Clear And Complete. Paper Covered Boards Worn At Edges. Front Cover Illustration With Bright Colors Very Clean Just A Few Nicks And Some Wear At Edges. White Rear Cover Just A Little Soiled/Worn. Front Hinge Cracked Exposing Webbing But Rear Hinge Still Solid. <br/> <br/> Saalfield Publishing hardcover
New York: The Heritage Press 1942. First Heritage Press Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good DJ / Slipcase. Colored Drawinmgs By Fritz Kredel. 297 pp. Trade edition with Dj priced $3.00. Book is fine gilt brilliant no names or marks a little bumping to top of spine. Dj clean chipping to 1/4" at top of spine not price-clipped. Slipcase intact clean just beginning to spli at open corners. <br/> <br/> The Heritage Press hardcover
Chicago: Childrens Press 1951. No Edition Stated . Illustrated Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12 " Tall. Pauline Adams and Phoebe Erickson. Follett Library Binding. 1/4" closed vertical tears top page edge title page and two following pages. Two pages with several red ink small "scribbles". Covers bright and clean. <br/> <br/> Childrens Press hardcover
Anglet France: Atlantica 2003. First edition. Softcover. Text by Christian Caujolle in French. Includes numerous explicit color and black and white images by d'Agata and Andersen. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Uncommon. Atlantica unknown
Bookseller reference : 126535 ISBN : 2843946735 9782843946738
New York:: Brentanos 1916. First US edition; No. 63 of 125 copies signed by Harry Clarke limitation page detached and lightly foxed. publisher's reversed calf; gilt-lettered on spine and upper cover; t.e.g. Extremities rubbed; spine faded; limitation page loose and slightly foxed; one tissue guard torn with loss. Bookplate and gift inscription. Folio. 16 mounted color plates and 24 black and white plates by Harry Clarke. . Both the British and American issues were printed at The Complete Press in England the American issue with a separately printed title page. Brentanos, unknown
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