Title: A Journey to England
Author: Edith Unnerstad
Illustrator: Maria Hoffer, Ulla Sundin-Wickman
Year: 1961 (First Edition)
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd
Remarks: 1st English language edition
Book Condition: Excellent
Jacket Condition: Good/Very Good
Author: Edith Unnerstad
Illustrator: Maria Hoffer, Ulla Sundin-Wickman
Year: 1961 (First Edition)
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd
Remarks: 1st English language edition
Book Condition: Excellent
Jacket Condition: Good/Very Good
Description:
On a winter's day in 1885, 14-year-old Brosus and his sister Margita (one year his junior)
left their grandparents' remote Swedish home and went out into the world in search of their
mother – a haircraft woman who had disappeared on one of her journeys.
The trail led them to London and thence on a long walk through the Cotswolds, where they
were helped by farmers, shepherds and policemen, and met with all sorts of hardships and
adventures…
An enthralling children's story written against an authentic background.
Illustrated throughout with lovely b&w sketches – several of which are full-page.
Ultramarine cloth boards with gilt text on spine and a gilded illustration of a lamp-post. Jacket scuffed at head of spine. Small, closed tear at top (refer to image). Minor foxing and scratch on rear plus a square, sticky mark from where an adhesive label once lived. Unclipped: bears original price of 15s. net. ffep and rfep lightly foxed. Pages have only the subtlest hint of tanning, otherwise the book is effectively as new.
Original Swedish title: Englandsresan.
Measures 20 cm × 13 cm (8″ × 5.2″). Small 8vo. 189 pp.
Price: £28.00
