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(Stavanger), [Norway]: (Psykiatrisk Opplysningsfond Forlag/ Trykkeriet Impress), 1996.

Price: $300.00

About the item

First edition; author's first book, limited to 2000 copies (text in Norwegian) [Title: "Face to Face"/ poems]. 45pp. Oblong 24mo. Black cloth printed in gold, metal spiral bound (as issued)A near fine copy [issued without dust jacket].

Item #338210

A collection of poems by Norwegian psychiatrist Gerd-Ragna Bloch Thorsen (author's only book of poetry?), and illustrated by Norwegian photographer Petter Hegre. No holdings of this title noted by OCLC; OCLC locates a number of other publications by photographer Petter Hegre (the earliest of which was published in 2000). Petter Hegre (born in 1969, in Stavanger, Norway) is noted for his erotic photography of women. Hegre studied photography in the United States, and worked as an assistant to Richard Avedon. Gerd-Ragna Bloch Thorsen (1951-2006) was a Norwegian psychiatrist and author. She served as an assistant chairman of the Norwegian Psychiatric Foundation

Inscribed and signed by Gerd-Ragna Bloch Thorsen: "Stavanger/ 9/11/ 98 [three lines in Norwegian, concluding]... i London/ Gerd" (on title page, in lower margin).