Oh Sir, You've Shot Her! de Jacobsen, Benjamin - 1958

London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. Book. Illus. by Des Asmussen, Illustrator. Near Fine. Hardcover. First UK edition.. London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. First UK edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Des Asmussen, Illustrator. First UK Edition in original dust jacket. Translated from the Danish by Estrid Bannister. Illustrated by Des Asmussen and Introduced by Victor Borge. Very clean green cloth boards with clean, unworn elaborate paste-on illustration in black, white and gold. Black title box with gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Attractive previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. 192 pages. Clean jacket has slight edgewear, several short closed edge tears, price clipped on front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Hilarious memoir of growing up in a large household in Copenhagen in the 1880's. "Oh Sir, You've Shot Her! cried the maid when Father fired a blank cartridge and the parson's widow fainted on the doorstep. It was only Father's way of summoning his household to welcome visitors..