The Wanderer
Translated from the Finnish by Naomi Walford. One of Finland's most celebrated authors, best-selling novel The Egyptian. This is a sequel to The Adventurer, a story about the adventures of Mikael Karvajalka, a young Finnish man, in 16th-century Europe. In The Wanderer, Mikael converts from Christianity to Islam and rises to power in the court of Suleiman the Magnificent. Mikael is fictiously involved in a number of historical events throughout the book. One of 500 copies specially bound and autographed for friends of the author. Signed by Waltari.
Hardcover. First Edition, Signed Limited Edition. Octavo, boards. New York: Putnam, 1951. #10415.
Top corners slightly bumped, else fine in dust jacket with a couple minor nicks.