A Norwegian Farm 1933 Marie Hamsun (Mrs. Knut Hamsun) ~ First Edition, first printing ~ based on her own children's adventures in Norway
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Title: A Norwegian Farm
Author: Marie Hamsun (Mrs. Knut Hamsun) / Abridged and Translated by Maida Castelhun Darnton / Illustrated by Elsa Jemne
Description: First edition, first printing (with no statement of a later printing on copyright page). Wheat-colored cloth boards stamped in blue. Bottom fore-corners of covers lightly bumped. Pictorial endpapers. Tip of top corner of about 40 pages lightly soiled, else interior is clean and unmarked. Colored frontispiece and 20 illustrations by Elsa Jemne. Dust jacket price-trimmed; shows light edgewear; in an archival mylar sleeve. 343 pages.
Published by Lippincott on September 28, 1933, A Norwegian Farm describes the year-round adventures of four children (modeled on Marie and Knut Hamsun's own children) brought up on a farm, where as pets they own cows and a goat and a little pig. Summer in the mountain pastures, winter in school with ample play time. A study of country children and primitive, sturdy living.
''It's a jolly book, and simply told, with humor and understanding.'' - Kirkus Reviews
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: VG
Jacket Condition: VG
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company
Place: Philadelphia
Year: 1933
Keywords: children, Norway, farm life, rural life
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