The Castle of Contentment
Chicago New York: Willett, Clark & Company, 1937. First American Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. xii, [2], 253. Translated from the Danish by Astrid Rosing Sawyer and Llewellyn Jones. Bound in green cloth with silver vignette stamped on front board, silver lettering on spine. Slight stain in along the front hinge, about 1.5 inches, along with the discreet stamp of Bertrand Smith's Acres of Books (Long Beach) on the front pastedown In the price-clipped dust jacket, spine a trifle darkened. A handsome, presentable copy. Very Good+ / Very Good. Item #5663 The color illustrated dust jacket is a fine example of the era's genre, depicting a stylized, lush farm amid rolling hills. Dust jacket now enclosed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
First American edition of the record of Plov's life as a working Danish farmer, which was first serialized in a Danish newspaper. Jaegermester Plov is the pen name of Gunnar Nislev.
Price: $35.00