First-ever translation into English of the legendary book of poetry “BLOD” written by the Danish art historian and publisher R. Broby-Johansen in 1922, for which publication he was sentenced to jail for its sexual immorality: In vivid and gory details, the poems depict the red-light district of Copenhagen’s underbelly. In…
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1939. Royal8vo. Original red cloth with overall well preserved jacket. This copy was Børge Houmann’s copy (not signed). Houmann, a prominent Danish communist and resistance fighter, was working a translation of Joyce’s novel Ulysses, but tragically could not find the translation after the War. The…
New York: Published by Dial Press, 1964. Publishers hardcover with dustjacket, well0812 preserved and unclipped with only light edgewear. xv, 121 pp. Very good or near fine clean copy. First edition, 1st printing