New York: Bobbs-Merrill Co, (1959). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 312 pp. Unclipped ($3.75) jacket shows light wear. Light edge, shelf and handling wear. Some light rubbing to jacket gloss, particular to spine ends and tips. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Trivial shelf wear, if any. Interior clean and unmarked. A collector’s copy.

Dust Jacket: Near Fine

Hardcover: Fine

“Jens Bjørneboe was born in Kristiansaand, Norway in 1920, says he was a bad pupil and ran away to sea. With this unpromising start, Mr Bjørneboe was able, by his second novel, a study of collaboration in wartime Norway, to make himself even less popular in his home country. With the publication of The Least of These, called by Sigurd Hoel, "the most important Norwegian novel since the war", the author completed the process of making himself persona non grata in the Scandinavian countries. The Least of These has been printed in six languages, and although he enjoys a considerable reputation as a poet, Mr Bjørneboe's book has been roundly condemned by educators wherever it has appeared. Jens Bjørneboe's first published work was Poems (Dikt) in 1951. He is widely considered to be one of Norway's most important post-war authors. Bjørneboe identified himself, among other self-definitions, as an anarcho-nihilist.”