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A PLACE OF HER OWN.
by Falk, Ann.
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NY: HB&W, (1964) Book. Fine. Hardcover. Translated from the Swedish by Annabelle MacMillan. 2nd Printing. 127 pgs, cloth. 15 yr old Stina loses both her parents & is forced to move to Stockholm to live w/her sister & brother-in-law & their new baby. FINE in FINE dustjacket..
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THE LONG PONY TREK.
by Lengstrand, Rolf and Pierre Rolen.
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NY: Knopf, (1968) Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. NEAR FINE, no dj. Photographs by Lennart Blomqvist, 83 pages, pictorial cloth. Photographic account of a pony trek in Sweden led by Fia & her pony Tiny from THE LONG PONY RACE..
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THAT EARLY SPRING.
by Beckman, Gunnel.
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NY: Viking, (1974) Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION 1975. 121 pages, boards. Mia's mother has left the family & she persuades her father to ask her grandmother to come live with them. It is one of many changes she faces as she turns 18. FINE in FINE dustjacket..
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WHEN GRANDMA WAS A LITTLE GIRL
by Smith, Ingrid, Illustrated by Mela Koehler-Brown
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NY & Sweden: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, no date. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Hard Cover. Very Good, no dj. 21 pages, pictorial boards. Story of a little girl growing up in Sweden playing with her dolls. Charming full color illustrations. Bottom cover & page edges water-stained..
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THE JOURNEY WITH GRANDMOTHER
by Unnerstad, Edith
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NY Macmillan 1960. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Fine in a near fine dj. Illustrated by Claes Backstrom..
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THE ADVENTURES OF OLLE
by Dette
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NY: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1946 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Illustrated by author. Hard Cover. Originally published in Sweden. 24 pgs printed one side only, pictorial boards. Story of little Olle who with his Nurse has many adventures in many different countries. Charming and primitive. VERY GOOD+ in chipped & frayed dustjacket..
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JOURNEY TO ENGLAND
by Unnerstad, Edith
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NY: Macmillan, 1961. Book. Illus. by Ulla sundin-Wickman. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 212 pgs, cloth. A young brother & sister leave their Swedish home in 1885 for England to search for their mother who has mysteriously disappeared. Bottom edge is bumped..
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THE LITTLE HOUSE FROM THE SEA
by Gedin, Birgitta, Illustrated by Petter Pettersson
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NY: R&S Books, 1988 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. FINE in a FINE DUSTJACKET. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Translated from the Swedish by Elisabeth Dyssengaard. 32 pages, pictorial boards. Story of a little house on a rocky island that longs to be a ship sailing to faraway places. Impressionistic seascapes by one of Sweden's leading graphic artists..
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THE LAST OF THE TROUBADOURS The Life and Music of Carl Michael Bellman (1740-1795)
by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
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NY: Simon & Schuster, 1938 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. First Edition. Musical arrangements by Grace Castegnetta. VERY GOOD+ in darkened dustjacket. 96 pages, pictorial boards. First serious attempt in 150 years to present Sweden's foremost composer to the American people. Corners bumped. Cover somewhat darkened..
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THE MERRY MATCHMAKERS
by Kristoffersen, Eva, Illustrated by Hedvig Collin
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Chicago: Albert Whitman, 1940 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Hard Cover. Very Good+, no dj. FIRST EDITION. 95 pages, cloth with pictorial paste label. Story of Midsummer's Day & how it is celebrated in Sweden. Charming illustrations in color & black & white..
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THREE WOLVERINES OF RUSHING VALLEY
by Burman, Edor
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NY Dutton 1966. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. FINE in a NEAR FINE, clipped dustjacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Illustrated by Harald Wiberg..
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HILDING'S SUMMER
by Lindgren, Barbro
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NY Macmillan 1967. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Fine in a near fine, clipped dj. Translated from Swedish by Annabelle MacMillan. Illustrated by Stan Tusan..
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FREEDOM FOREST.
by Berggren, Sigvard.
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NY: Morrow, 1962. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Translated from the Swedish by Evelyn Ramsden. Illus w/photos. 173 pgs, cloth. Story of the author's unique efforts to save the animals of Africa by raising them in a forest of Central Sweden with his own family. NEAR FINE in dustjacket w/large chip missing from front panel..
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MICKEL AND THE LOST SHIP
by Mattson, Ollie
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NY Franklin Watts 1960. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine in a Very Good+, Clipped Dj. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Translated from Swedish by Anna Spurge and Elizabeth Sprigge. Mickel is a boy at the turn of the century Sweden who refused to believe his sailor father has been lost at sea. Illustrated by R.M. Sax..
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THE GIRL WITHOUT A NAME.
by Beckman, Gunnel.
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NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1967) Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Illustrated by Borghild Rud. Translated from the Swedish by Anne Parker. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION 1970. REVIEW COPY. 153 pages, cloth. An Iranian orphan is adopted by a Swedish couple living next door to Sara who hope she can become 'a real Swedish girl'. Pencilled review is written on the… Read more
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FREDRIKA'S CHILDREN
by Warnlof, Anna Lisa
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NY Harcourt, Brace & World 1964. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Fine in a near fine dj. Translated from Swedish by Annabelle Macmillan..
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