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  • THE ANDALUCIAN FRIEND. by Soderberg, Alexander.
    Soderberg, Alexander.
    THE ANDALUCIAN FRIEND.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Crown, (2013). First edition - The author's first novel, a thriller about an international crime family. Translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith. 446 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 66472
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  • THE ANDALUCIAN FRIEND. by Soderberg, Alexander.
    Soderberg, Alexander.
    THE ANDALUCIAN FRIEND.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Crown, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a thriller about an international crime family. Translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith. 446 pp. ISBN: 978-0770436056.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new, but with a small remainder dot.)

    Book ID: 66431
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  • TRUTH BARRIERS. by Transtromer, Tomas, translated by Robert Bly.
    Transtromer, Tomas, translated by Robert Bly.
    TRUTH BARRIERS.

    Edition: First printing, the trade paperback issue.

    San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, (1980.). First edition - Translated and with an introduction by Robert Bly. Bilingual edition with the original Swedish text at the end of the book. Illustrated. Transtromer was awarded the Nobel prize in 2011. 55 pp. ISBN: 0-87156-2391.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (bit of toning to the cream background on the covers)

    Book ID: 62672
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  • FLAXEN BRAIDS: A Chapter from a Real Swedish Childhood. by Turngren, Annette (illustrated by Polly Jackson.)
    Turngren, Annette (illustrated by Polly Jackson.)
    FLAXEN BRAIDS: A Chapter from a Real Swedish Childhood.

    Edition: First thus.

    Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, (1959.) dj. Hardcover - Originally published in 1937, this charming story about a family moving to northern Sweden was based on the childhood experiences of the author's mother. Written for older children, this is a revised version with new illustrations by Polly Jackson. 197 pp.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (some toning to the spine of the dj.) Uncommon in this condition.

    Book ID: 49641
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  • WHO WATCHETH. by Tursten, Helene.
    Tursten, Helene.
    WHO WATCHETH.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: SOHO Press, (2016). An Inspector Irene Huss investigation, translated from the Swedish by Marlaine Delargy. 291pp plus 15 pp preview of 'Protected by the Shadows.". ISBN: 978-1616958657.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 72192
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  • RANDOM JOURNEYS. by Vyvyan, C. C. (Clara Coltman Rogers, Lady Vyvyan.)
    Vyvyan, C. C. (Clara Coltman Rogers, Lady Vyvyan.)
    RANDOM JOURNEYS.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Peter Owen Limited, (1960.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A rather uncommon late book by his popular and thoughtful travel writer - An account of "high speed" automobile traveling across northern Europe to Sweden, Finland and Norway (8000 miles, eight countries,in nine weeks). She sums up the different perspectives she and her traveling companion Ella brought to this whirlwind and unexpected journey as follows - she was middle-aged and I was old, in my prime I had the energy of two, but she still had the energy of ten, but most importantly, I was English and she was Americanized Canadian, rooted in the new civilization. SIGNED on the title page and INSCRIBED and signed on the front…

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    London: Peter Owen Limited, (1960.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A rather uncommon late book by his popular and thoughtful travel writer - An account of "high speed" automobile traveling across northern Europe to Sweden, Finland and Norway (8000 miles, eight countries,in nine weeks). She sums up the different perspectives she and her traveling companion Ella brought to this whirlwind and unexpected journey as follows - she was middle-aged and I was old, in my prime I had the energy of two, but she still had the energy of ten, but most importantly, I was English and she was Americanized Canadian, rooted in the new civilization. SIGNED on the title page and INSCRIBED and signed on the front endpaper "to --- with love from the author" and dated in 1973. Photographs. 192 pp.

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    Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (price-clipped, chipping to top of dj spine.)

    Book ID: 51943
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  • LETTERS AND DISPATCHES, 1924 - 1944. by Wallenberg, Raoul.
    Wallenberg, Raoul.
    LETTERS AND DISPATCHES, 1924 - 1944.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Arcade Publishing, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - Published in association with The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. on the fiftieth anniversary of his mysterious disappearance of Wallenberg, this contains the letters and dispatches of this young Swede who was sent to oversee a rescue operation of Hungarian Jews being deported to the death camps by Adolf Eichmann. By the time of his arrest by the Soviet army in 1945, he had helped to save the lives of over 100,000 people. Translated by Kjersti Board. Edited by Timothy Bent. 16 pages of plates, viii, 286 p., [16] p. of plates. ISBN: 1-559702753.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped, small slit in front cover)

    Book ID: 63417
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