Four volumes of Swedish Literature, 1841-61

[Louis De Geer]: Hjertklappningen på Dalvik. Novell. Stockholm, L. J. Hjerta, 1841. 8vo. (18 x 11,5 cms.) 312 pp. Later polished half calf, spine gilt with raised bands, marbled sides and endleaves, top edge gilt, else uncut, wrappers bound in [G. Hedberg]. First edition.

[Sara Elisabeth Wacklin]: Hundrade minnen från Österbotten. 1-3. Stockholm, K. R. Looströms bokhandel, 1844-45. 8vo. (18,8 x 11,5 cms.) XII + 160; + 136; + II + 180 pp. + 3 lithographed frontispieces (views of Uleåborg, Finland). Contemporary half morocco, insignificant wear, slight foxing throughout, final leaf of second part with short marginal tear. First edition of the author’s memoirs, reprinted several times since. Nordisk kvinnolitteraturhistoria, 2, pp. 88-91.

[Gustaf Lorens Sommelius]: Vallmoknoppar, plockade på steppen, af Beppo. Stockholm, P. A. Norstedt & Söner, 1846. 12mo. (18 x 11 cms.) VIII + 182 pp. Later red boards gilt, supralibros of Harald Thorsson. Wrappers bound in. Uncut save for top edge. First edition.

[Carl Snoilsky]: Smådikter af Sven Tröst. Stockholm, P. A. Norstedt & Söner, 1861. 8vo. (17,5 x 11 cms.) 144 pp. Roughly contemporary half leather, light wear, minimal damage to head of spine. Wrappers bound in, the first laid down. Old ownership inscription: ”C. H. Munthe”. First edition of the author’s debut.

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