Sigrid Hedman (1 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). The scarcely found Swedish translation of Fannie Caldwell's best known work of letters that document her time in Hiroshima. The first Swedish translation of this work.In the original white cloth binding.A charming series of letters detailing the author's time spent in Hiroshima, Japan from 1901-1905. 'The Lady of the Decoration' became Fannie Caldwell's first and most successful book, originally published in 1906.It is written in the form of letters home to a female friend or sister, accounting her time as a young missionary kindergarten teacher before and during the Russo-Japanese War. In the original white cloth binding. Externally, very smart. With shelf wear and handling marks to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with slight offsetting to the endpapers and an inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good. book.