Drachmann, Holger, Lars Kruse Skildringer, Hallfred Vaandraadeskjald, & Vilhelm Andersen

Skrifter [10 vol. set, complete]

Denmark: Gyldendals Forlagstrykkeri, 1921. 10 vols., 6" x 8" pp. 332, [5]; 317, [2]; 403, [4]; 326, [1]; 395, [1]; 428, [1]; 395; 219, [1]; 378, [1]; 376, [1]; 10 color plates. Hardcover quarter-bound in black cloth with polka dot paper boards. All in tan paper jackets. Jackets have significant toning with small chips with loss throughout. Volumes 1, 7, and 3 have larger chips with loss to the jackets. Marbled text edges are very lightly foxed. Danish bookstore tag loose in front free end paper of volume 1. An overall good condition set.

A 10 volume set of the works of Danish Author Holger Drachmann. A leading figure of the Modern Danish Breakthrough literary movement. Contains some of his defining works such as:

Forskrevet (1890): An autobiography exploring Drachmann's dual personality between upper and lower class lives.

Sange ved Havet (1875): Drachmann's early work that garnered his original fame in the poetic realm.

Gamle Guder og Nye (1881): A late-career collection of poems that illustrates Drachmann's shift towards romanticized poetry from his early more radical commentary.

Includes many more of Drachmann's works. Item #765

Price: $280.00