BY THE OPEN SEA.
by STRINDBERG, August (Johan August), 1849-1912 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Frank Palmer, (1913). First edition in English of "I Hafsbandet" (1890). Strindberg's novel of isolation and resistance – a clever outsider arrives at a remote village in the archipelago as the Superintendent of Fisheries. Translated by Ellie Schleussner. "This is a book of strange power, and it gives rise to strange thoughts, imaginings, and feelings. The usually placid reader will feel distinctly uncomfortable before he reaches the end, and the end may perhaps shock him. It reads like a frontal attack on woman and Christianity" (Pall Mall Gazette, 30th July 1913).
Crown 8vo (19cm). 324pp. Original pictorial cloth, gilt and enamelled; just a touch sunned; some spotting to endpapers and prelims, but a very good copy. Contemporary gift inscription dated Christmas 1913.
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- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42560
- Title
- BY THE OPEN SEA.
- Author
- STRINDBERG, August (Johan August), 1849-1912 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Frank Palmer, (1913).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Swedish Literature, Fiction
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