Description: TITLE: MarkingsAUTHOR: Dag HammarskjoldFORWARD: W. H. AudenPUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf, New YorkTRANSLATORS: Leif Sjoberg & W. H. Auden See photos for condition details. Additional available upon request. Preowned. Overall Good+ condition. Back cloth board slightly bowed. DJ is intact but has large front tear & a few small piercings along spine. Interior pages are secure, clean, unmarked with no creases. Decorative top page edges are a lovely bright yellow. Dimensions: 8 3/4" x 5 3/4" x 1" OVERVIEW:Universally known and admired as a peacemaker, Dag Hammarskjöld concealed a remarkable intense inner life which he recorded over several decades in this journal of poems and spiritual meditations, left to be published after his death. A dramatic account of spiritual struggle, Markings has inspired hundreds of thousands of readers since it was first published in 1964. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was a Swedish diplomat and author and was the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. He served from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. He is the only person to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously. Hammarskjöld remains the only U.N. Secretary-General to die in office. U.S. President John F. Kennedy called Hammarskjöld “the greatest statesman of our century.”
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Year Printed: 1968
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Poetry
Binding: Hardcover
Region: North America
Author: Dag Hammarskjold
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket
