Verlag: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, NY, 1992
ISBN 10: 0151257434 ISBN 13: 9780151257430
Sprache: Englisch
Anbieter: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, USA
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Hardcover. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 248 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. White spine with black and green lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$19.95", has mild bending wear along the rear head fore corner. Boards have a stain on the front joint, and moderate age-toning along the head and tail. Textblock has mild wear along the edges and mild age-toning along the edges. Signed flat by Günter Grass on the title page. Shelved Room C. 1389689. Special Collections.
Verlag: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1992
ISBN 10: 0151257434 ISBN 13: 9780151257430
Sprache: Englisch
Anbieter: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, USA
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1/4 Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Illustrated by Günter Grass (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. A handsome first US edition/first printing in fine condition in alike dustjacket. Signed by author and Nobel Laureate Günter Grass directly on the title page; German art history professor Alexander Reschke and Polish art restorer Alexandra Piatkowska meet on the way to the cemetery in Gdansk Poland and quickly find they have much in common. They found a society to allow people expatriated after World War II to be buried in their native land. Their good intentions are overwhelmingly successful and they find themselves building resorts and gold courses on the would-be burial ground ; Etching; 8vo ; [viii], 248 pages; Signed by Author.
Verlag: London; Secker and Warburg. 1995., 1995
Anbieter: Keel Row Books (ABA, ILAB & PBFA), Whitley Bay, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Octavo, pp. [6], 248. Ivory white publishers' cloth over boards with gilt spine titles. Original illustrated publishers' dust-jacket in ivory and scarlet. Corners and spine tips slightly bumped. Tight, clean pages with no ownership marks. Author's signature to half-title. Bright clean jacket, not price clipped. Near Fine in Near Fine. A signed first edition by arguably one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. A synchronous meeting between two widowers, a West-German art historian specialising in gravestones and a polish art restorer, leads to a well intentioned project to create a "cemetery of reconciliation". A biting satire set against the political backdrop of 1980s Gdansk.