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Published by G.P. Putnam, 1959
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 192 pages. Ex-library marks, wear; pages yellowed; a few stains, last page glue stained; a solid reading copy overall. The jacket has some discoloring, wear and tear; clipped flap; wrapped and glued inside. Translated from the Danish by Estrid Bannister; introduction by Vi…ctor Borge. Illustrator: Asmussen, Des. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Humor; Inventory No: 230912. Asmussen, Des (illustrator).
Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons
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Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul: Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit
Canfield, Jack ; Edited by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Dov Peretz Elkins.; Contributions by Cynthia Mercati, Kathryn Watterson, Richard Plavin, Bel Kaufman, Naomi Bluestone, Michael Gold, Arnold Fine, Yosef Jacobsen, Yitta Halberstam Mandelbaum, Harvey Abramowitz, Barbara Sofer, Hillel Silverman, Anne Frank, Rachel Naomi Remen, Patti Moskovits, Dov Peretz Elkins, Rebecca Heisler, Krik Douglas, Golda Meir, Yosef Begun, Scott Aaron, Lisa Lipin, Hanna Bandes Geshelin, George Burns, Benjamin Levene, Jack Riemer, Roy Tanenbaum, Jack Segal, Natan Sharansky, Harold Kushner, Michael Levy, Robert Alper, Miriam Goldbrenner, Rachel Naomi Remen, Gerald Wolpe, Chava Weiss, Miriam Biskin, Lawrence Kushner, Yaffa Eliach, Jonatahn Elkins, Steven Leder, Bryan Aubrey, Mona Alfi, Corinne Stavish, Dov Peretz Elkins, Marsha Arons, Irene Frisch, Lottie Robins, Elayne Clift, Tom Veres, Beth Huppin, Bronia Galmitz Gallon, Aryeh ben David, Amy Hirshberg Lederman, Gina Klonoff, Denny Pinkus, Lionda S
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Published by Heath Communications, Deerfield Beach, Florida, 2001
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Hardcover. Condition: Excellent condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xxvi, 357 pp. LCC: 2001024795.
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Published by Jonathan Cape., London., 1958
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st English ed. translated from the Danish. 192pp. Illus drawings by Des Asmussen. Humorous childhood memories with an introduction by the celebrated comedian of the time - Victor Borge. Previous owner's signature on ffep.Some marks on ep's & pastes. Generally VG… in a sl. chipped & grubby dw with a small closed tear.
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Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1959
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with light shelf wear. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent cus…tomer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.
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Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1959
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book is clean and intact. Cover shows wear and tear.
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Published by University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, UT, 2004
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Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st. 273pp.; HB blk.; NEW! Still in Shrinkwrap!; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ blk.w/white; NEW! Still in Shrinkwrap!; fine. WWII POW. Steele, Benjamin Charles (illustrator).
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Published by Jonathan Cape, 1958
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Add to basketCondition: Good. Boards have little wear. Content is clean with light toning. DJ is toned with some edge wear, some water marks to inside edges. Corners clipped.
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Published by Jonathan Cape, 1958
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 1st GB edition. Boards are clean. Content is clean with spotting. Good DJ with some edge wear.
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Published by Lademann, 1972
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Good. There are history books that politely summarise the past, and then there are wonderfully specific Scandinavian cultural works that plunge headfirst into an entire vanished social atmosphere with the confidence of people who assume readers already understand what a ?Klunketid? is. Midt i en Klunketid (?…In the Midst of the Klunk Era?) by Benjamin Jacobsen belongs magnificently to the latter category. Now, for the uninitiated, the Danish ?Klunketid? refers roughly to the heavily ornamented late-19th-century bourgeois period ? an age of overfurnished interiors, velvet curtains, decorative excess and enough tassels, drapery and dark wood to emotionally suffocate a small horse. Imagine Victorian respectability colliding violently with Scandinavian decorative enthusiasm and you are somewhere in the vicinity. And honestly, humanity may never have fully recovered from it. Benjamin Jacobsen?s book appears to dive directly into this fascinating era: its social habits, aesthetics, domestic life and cultural atmosphere. Which means readers are treated to a glorious parade of middle-class anxieties, overdecorated rooms and carefully maintained respectability beneath layers of fabric thick enough to stop artillery fire. The title itself is wonderful. In the Midst of the Klunk Era. It sounds faintly as though the reader is about to become trapped inside an aggressively upholstered drawing room while somebody?s aunt discusses morality beside an enormous ceramic lamp. Naturally, books like this become more charming with time. What may once have been straightforward cultural history now reads partly as anthropology from another civilisation entirely. Modern minimalism has trained people to believe homes should contain approximately three objects and a distressed houseplant. The Klunk Era, by contrast, believed every available surface should display: ornaments, framed photographs, embroidered cloth, porcelain dogs, or enough carved mahogany to intimidate visitors psychologically. Scandinavian culture often presents itself internationally as sleek, minimalist and emotionally restrained, which makes books about the overstuffed decorative chaos of the late 19th century especially delightful. Somewhere beneath all that modern Nordic design lies a historical memory of rooms dense enough with furniture to absorb sound completely. The irony deepens further because this 1972 edition emerges from another fascinating design period altogether. By the early 1970s, Scandinavian modernism was already internationally fashionable: clean lines, simplicity, functionality. So this book effectively becomes one historical aesthetic looking back at another historical aesthetic with mild cultural bewilderment. One suspects the pages are filled with: social observations, historical photographs, decorative detail, and descriptions of bourgeois life conducted with just enough distance to remain respectable while quietly acknowledging the absurdity of it all. And that, really, is where books like this become irresistible. They preserve not only facts, but atmospheres. Entire emotional climates survive inside them: how rooms looked, how people behaved, what they valued and how societies imagined respectability should appear physically in space. Condition-wise, this copy is listed as Good, meaning it has survived admirably despite decades of probable ownership by history enthusiasts, interior design obsessives and perhaps one Danish relative who sincerely believed Victorian furniture should never entirely go out of fashion. Today, Midt i en Klunketid stands as both cultural history and accidental design time machine. It offers entry into a vanished world of decorative ambition and bourgeois performance so elaborate it now feels almost surreal ? a civilisation permanently one velvet curtain away from complete collapse beneath its own upholstery. An excellent acquisition for lovers of Scandinavian history, design, decorative arts or anyone who occasionally suspects modern interiors could perhaps benefit from slightly more carved walnut and dramatically fewer empty white walls.
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Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1958
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Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.Old Scrolls Book Shop
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK edition. London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. First UK edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Des Asmussen, Illustrator. First UK Edition in original dust jacket. Translated from the Danish by Estrid Bannister. Illustrated by Des Asmussen and Introduced by Victor Borge.…Very clean green cloth boards with clean, unworn elaborate paste-on illustration in black, white and gold. Black title box with gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Attractive previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. 192 pages. Clean jacket has slight edgewear, several short closed edge tears, price clipped on front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Hilarious memoir of growing up in a large household in Copenhagen in the 1880's. "Oh Sir, You've Shot Her! cried the maid when Father fired a blank cartridge and the parson's widow fainted on the doorstep. It was only Father's way of summoning his household to welcome visitors. Des Asmussen, Illustrator (illustrator).
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Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1958
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Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.My Book Heaven
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Den humoristisk fortælling om en familie i det københavnske borgerskab i slutningen af det 19. århundrede. En ordentlig gang satire for dem som kan, vil og tør. 'Årets morsommeste danske bog'-Information'Benjamin Jacobsen kan fortælle, kan sætte en situation op, så det komiske kommer fuldt…ud til sin eksplosive ret, uden at det menneskelige helt forsvinder -.' -Kristeligt Dagblad'Det er pokker til bog! Man overgiver sig på nåde og unåde. Vi har fået en dansk Mark Twain.' Midt i en klunketid.
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8° Pappeinband. Condition: Sehr gut. 296 S. Buchrücken und Einband an den Ecken und Kanten leicht berieben / bestoßen. Sonst sehr ordentlich - sauber, fest und vollständig. 151963 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Den humoristisk fortælling om en familie i det københavnske borgerskab i slutningen af det 19. århundrede. En ordentlig gang satire for dem som kan, vil og tør. 'Årets morsommeste danske bog'-Information'Benjamin Jacobsen kan fortæl…le, kan sætte en situation op, så det komiske kommer fuldt ud til sin eksplosive ret, uden at det menneskelige helt forsvinder -.' -Kristeligt Dagblad'Det er pokker til bog! Man overgiver sig på nåde og unåde. Vi har fået en dansk Mark Twain.' Midt i en klunketid 176 pp. Dänisch.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -I 'Glade dage i Kronprinsessegade' fortsætter Benjamin Jacobsen sin humoristiske fortælling om en familie i det danske borgerskab i slutningen af det 19. århundrede.Midt i en klunketid 140 pp. Dänisch.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Den humoristisk fortælling om en familie i det københavnske borgerskab i slutningen af det 19. århundrede. En ordentlig gang satire for dem som kan, vil og tør. 'Årets morsommeste danske bog'-Information'Benjamin Jacobsen kan fortælle,…kan sætte en situation op, så det komiske kommer fuldt ud til sin eksplosive ret, uden at det menneskelige helt forsvinder -.' -Kristeligt Dagblad'Det er pokker til bog! Man overgiver sig på nåde og unåde. Vi har fået en dansk Mark Twain.' Midt i en klunketidBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 176 pp. Dänisch.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -I 'Glade dage i Kronprinsessegade' fortsætter Benjamin Jacobsen sin humoristiske fortælling om en familie i det danske borgerskab i slutningen af det 19. århundrede.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 140 pp. Dänisch.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - I 'Glade dage i Kronprinsessegade' fortsætter Benjamin Jacobsen sin humoristiske fortælling om en familie i det danske borgerskab i slutningen af det 19. århundrede.Midt i en klunketid.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Midt i en klunketid - eller erindringer fra en begivenhedsrig barndom | Benjamin Jacobsen | Taschenbuch | Midt i en klunketid | Dänisch | 2017 | Lindhardt og Ringhof | EAN 9788711812709 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu…[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Glade dage i Kronprinsessegade | Benjamin Jacobsen | Taschenbuch | Midt i en klunketid | Dänisch | 2024 | Lindhardt og Ringhof | EAN 9788711812693 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Dem…and.
