Ake World by Malmberg Bertil (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Red cloth. 1st American edition. 176pp. B&w illustrations. Previous owner's name. Covers bit darkened at edges. Dust jacket quite edge-worn, with corner chipping. Not price-clipped. Interior good.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Georgina and Philip Dawson (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition first printing. Octavo hardback. 156 pp. Illustrated Very Good condition in Good? unclipped dust jacket (lacks some material at some corners)No inscriptions.

first edition, pink cloth, 156pp illus, VG(v sl cocked, v sl bruised corners, v sl soiled boards, v sl paste action to ep's, v sl foxing to edges) d/w VG-(price clipped, sl wear & tears to extrems with v sl chipped spine head, sl internal foxing, sl rubbed & soiled).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None. It isn't a children's book. It is merely childhood.A small but unforgettable masterpiece. - Stephen Vincent Benet. Original red cloth. price clipped, with rubbing to top spine edge; else a better than very good copy, clean and unmarked. In a Brodart jacket cover, very attractive. Scarce in the dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Good condition. Red cloth over boards with gold lettering to the spine and front cover. Red dust jacket with yellow and white lettering and illustration. No date on title page, dated 1940 on copyright page. 176 pages. Binding is strong and tight. Covers discolored and toned. Gold lettering and illustration is rubbed. Pages toned and foxed. Black and white illustrations throughout. Endpapers and page edges have heavier toning. Dust jacket has been wrapped in a protective mylar cover. Dust jacket is chipped at the spine. Overall toning and discoloration. Spine is sunned. No tears or large creases. Overall good condition. Please email with questions or to see an photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Barbara Cooney (illustrator). First Edition. First printing ("FR" symbol on the copyright page). Translated from the Swedish by Marguerite Wenner-Gren. With an Introduction by Stephen Vincent Bénet. The spine is slightly slanted. Previous owner's name, dated 1940, is written on the front free endpaper. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket has moderate edge wear with frayed spine ends. Scuffed along the folds. The price, $2.00, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1941 Robert Hale edition on Burgundy cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Translated from the Swedish by Maguerite Wenner-Gren. Introduction by Stephen Vincent Benét. Illustrated by Barbara Cooney. Beautifully gilt-stamped red cloth. Corners lightly bumped, else fine in a very good dust jacket with short creased tear on topedge on front panel, short nicks on spine ends and corners. A novel of a Swedish boy's childhood.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Chipping to spine ends of jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: very good/very good. First edition. Octavo. 8 1/2" x 6". 176pp. Black and white iine drawings by Barbara Cooney.A very nice copy in pictorial dust jacket. Jacket edges have some rubbing.

First UK edition. Deep pink boards with silver lettering and vignette, in a decorative dustwrapper. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Illustrated in black and white by Georgina and Philip Dawson. A lyrical, rather exquisite story of a small boy's daily life in a Swedish village. "It is one of the world's best books about a child; it is literature, of singular lovableness and charm, and reveals the hand of the master." [Blurb].

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Translated from the Swedish by Marguerite Wenner-Gren. Very Good in a Very Good- dust jacket, chipping wear to edges, book plate and small book store sticker.