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Random House, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 304 pages. The author more frequently used the pen name Isak Dinesen. This is the first English (American) edition of novel - set in 19th-century England - published in Danish as Gengældelsens Veje (Ways of Retaliation) in 1944 during the Nazi occupation of Denmark. Dinesen acknowledged her authorship only a decade later, stating that she had written the novel merely "to amuse myself"; but the English editions have an epigraph (impossible to publish in the Danish version" from within the book: "You serious people must not be too hard on human beings for what they choose to amuse themselves with when they are shut up as in a prison and not even allowed to say that they are prisoners. If I do not soon get a little bit of fun, I shall die." 8vo, beige cloth with knockout lettering on black inlaid box on spine, gilt drawing on front, decorative black border on front board, light shelf wear, boards soiled…
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The Angelic Avengers
by Pierre Andrézel
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Other than showing some minor signs of shelf life, this book is in good condition. Strong boards. No markings on pages. The price reflects any and all defects.
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- Format/Binding Strong Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Good
- Jacket Condition No DJ
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- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Random House, Inc.
- Place of Publication Kingsport, Tennessee
- Date Published 1946
- Keywords Random House, Fiction, Rare Books, Old Books
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The Angelic Avengers
by Pierre Andrézel (Karen Blixen)
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The Angelic Avengers
by Andrézel, Pierre (pseud. of Baroness Karen Blixen)
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London: Putnam & Co Ltd, 1946. First English edition. 303 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Fine, in Near Fine dust jacket. First English edition. 303 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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The Angelic Avengers
by Andrézel, Pierre (pseud. of Baroness Karen Blixen)
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New York: Random House, 1947. First American edition. 402 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Fine, in Near Fine dust jacket. First American edition. 402 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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