Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) was a Swedish author and the first female writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (1909).
She is best known for her novel "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils" ("Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige"),
a children's book that combines fantasy with a depiction of Swedish geography and folklore.
Lagerlöf's works often incorporated elements of folklore and had a strong moral and social dimension.
Her writing contributed significantly to Swedish literature and gained international recognition.
Title: Niels Holgersens Vidunderlige rejse Gennem Sverige
Fjerde Oplag
Publisher: Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag, København, 1916
Condition
Quarter-bound leather over green boards with lettering gilt to the spine. Rubbing to edges of the boards and spine, bumping to the corners, toning/browning to the page edges. All pages are clean and intact with one page loose. Text is free from any annotation, highlighting, or underlining.