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Stockholm, Sweden: Svenska Kyrkans Diakonistyrelses Bokforlag, 1955. 99 pp, 9" H. Red, black & white illustrations, title page printed on heavy stock with illustrations in red, black and turquoise. "The original Swedish edition was published in 1941, under the title of 'Ett spel om en vag som till Himla bar'. The play has been produced every summer since 1941 at the open-air theatre in Leksand, Dalarna, Sweden." "This happened in the days when distances were long, and villages lay alone under the mountains. It was then that Our Lord still wandered between Lima and Svardsjo, wearing a black frock coat and flowered waistcoat, while Old Nick prowled in the liguster bushes around the corners of the huts. From homestead to homestead trudged the gourd painter, wearing the manners of a gentleman and carrying his paintbrushes in his hand. One day, in his grey old age, he walked into my house, placed his satchel in a corner and said: 'Iam going to paint some memories of my… Read More

Stockholm: Svenska Kyrkans Diakonistyrelses Bokforlag, 1955. With illustrations and decorations by the author, printed in red and black, large slim 8vo, pp 100, decorated boards, spine very slightly gae-marked. The boards are a bot bowed, otherwise this is quite a good clean copy in a dustwra;pper which is a little worn and browned. [The play was performed for many years at the outdoor theatre at Leksand. The simple plot comprises - "The young peasants Mats and Marit are about to marry when a disease breaks out in their village. Marit gets accused of being a witch and sentenced to death. After she has been burnt alive Mats leaves the village and seeks a way to make God sending Marit back from heaven onto earth. He fails and loses his personal integrity. Marlit has to ask God to intervene before the devil can take Mats. God shows mercy by reuniting Mats and Marit in heaven".]. Pictorial boards. Good/Slightly worn and frayed.

LINDSTROM, Rune. A PLAY WHICH TELLS OF A ROAD THAT LEADS TO HEAVEN. Stockholm: Svenska Kyrkans Diakonistyrelses Bokforlag, [no date]. Small 4to., off-white printed wraps. First Edition. Signed presentation by Lindstrom on front endpaper: "For your birthday, dear Ulita 1960, with much love, Rune." Very Good (light soil to covers). $85.00.