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NEAR FINE IN A NEAR VERY GOOD D.J. WINNER OF THE 1944 NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE THIS IS THE FIRST 2 VOLUMES OF HIS 6 VOLUME EPIC:"THE LONG JOURNEY" THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE AUTHOR'S GREAT RACIAL EPIC. THESE NOVELS, COLLECTIVELY KNOW AS "THE LONG JOURNEY" (DEN LANGE REJSE) WRITTEN BETWEEN 1908 AND 1922, WHICH HAVE MADE JOHANNES V. JENSEN FAMOUS, PRESENT A CURIOUS MINGLING OF THE AUTHOR'S PERSONAL VIEWS ON DARWINIAN EVOLUTIONARY THEORY, NATURE PICTURES, AND PURELY POETIC IMAGINATION, IN WHICH HUMANITY IS FOLLOWED FROM THE ICE AGE, THROUGH THE TRIBAL MIGRATIONS AND THE VIKING PERIOD, DOWN TO THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. THEY ARE CARRIED BY A MAGNIFICENTLY CONCEIVED PURPOSE, A BEWILDERING IMAGINATION, AND A RICHLY VARIED STYLE; BUT AT TIMES THEY ARE UNEVEN AND DISCONNECTED. BOOK IS ABOUT FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT OTHER THAN A TOUCH OF INSECT TRACKING TO THE FRONT COVER. D.J. HAS CHIPPING TO THE CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS WITH THE SPINE FADED, ESPECIALLY THE RED TITLES, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A VERY NICE CLEAN, BRIGHT, COPY WITH EFFECTIVE D.J. ART BY SINCLAIR. D.J. IS THE ONE APPARENTLY USED WITH THE AMERICAN KNOPF EDITION AND THE TITLE PAGE ALTHOUGH CLEARLY MARKED MACMILLAN OF CANADA HAS THE KNOPF RUNNING DOG IN OVAL COLOPHON ON THE TITLE PAGE. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER. Seller Inventory # 011335
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