Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing Paperback copy of The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, illustrated covers with no creases, mild surface wear, strong title on a concave spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, strong spine ends, mild edge wear and rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Very Godd condition with puckered pages 15-36 from water damage with no staining of the pages. Also with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
Tove Ditlevsen is today celebrated as one of the most important and unique voices in twentieth-century Danish literature, and The Copenhagen Trilogy (1969–71) is her acknowledged masterpiece. Childhood tells the story of a misfit child’s single-minded determination to become a poet; Youth describes her early experiences of sex, work, and independence. Dependency picks up the story as the narrator embarks on the first of her four marriages and goes on to describe her horrible descent into drug addiction, enabled by her sinister, gaslighting doctor-husband.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
