Susan, I've been to Helsingborg many times during the last 10 years for several reasons. First because it is the site of the Fredriksdal Rosarium, the second largest in Sweden and because two of the best rose nurseries in the country are located there. I visited most often after I was involved with a national rose inventory project 2005-2010. A little over 100 persons were trained to document old roses planted before 1950 anywhere in Sweden. We sometimes met at Helsingborg, to socialize and to look at the 1300 specimens we had collected that were judged to be of greater interest among our finds. They are planted for trial in uniform conditions and identification. The photo shows a part of one the trial fields and the two leaders of the project. Now that the project is finished my main reason for going is to see one of my best friends who moved to Helsingborg some years ago. The city is 6 hours away by car so I can't go very often. But anyone interested in old roses should go to Helsingborg if you are in the south of Sweden. And after a visit you may take the ferry to Denmark and visit Elsinore Castle in the sister city of Helsingör across the Sound. If you are lucky you may catch a Hamlet performance in the castle grounds and watch Hamlet's father walking his own ramparts.

Thanks for posting this link. I have checked out her blog before but glad to have a reminder to check in again.

Russ, I think men can write "girl books." Herman Wouk's Marjorie Morningstar is very much a girl book, I think. While I know they are not great literature, a number of Gothic suspense novels have been written by male writers under feminine pseudonyms -- I guess the thinking of the publishers was women prefer to read Gothics by what they think are women writers, which I think in the case of most female readers is bosh. A number of female writers have written quite effectively in the traditionally male bastion of war stories. Olivia Manning's recounting of the Battle of El Alamein in The Levant Trilogy is every bit as good as any male writer's, and Pat Barker's The Regeneration Trilogy is much lauded by both male and female readers. However, whatever the inroads female writers have made, I'm afraid that there's a certain segment of male readers who will pass over their books simply because they are females. An androgynous name, such as Barker's, has probably pulled in some unsuspecting male readers. As for the classics you mentioned, Russ: Tolstoy's and Flaubert's books -- even when their protagonists are women -- are more likely to be read by men than Jane Austen's novels are. Anyanka has already talked above about this disinclination of boys and men. I know present male company is excepted, but it's hard to say it's untrue of male readers in general.

Having the author's inscription to the buyer helps. The 1981 edition is slightly more collectible than the remaining ones - there have been 2 or 3 reprints of it. IF you have the time to list it and wait for a buyer, you might get $20-25 for it