The Tin Drum (Signed)

THE DANZIG TRIOLOGY [THE TIN DRUM, CAT AND MOUSE, DOG YEARS] [3 Volumes] [Signed]

Hardcover. Octavo, 3 Volumes. In Good plus condition with Good plus condition dust jackets. White spines with black designs and black and faded red lettering. Dust jackets are wrapped in mylar coverings, have mild age-toning throughout, and mild wear along the extremities. Dust jacket of Volume 1 has two small closed tears along the rear cover head edge, stains throughout, and mild wear along the spine. Dust jacket of Volume 2 has chipping along the spine head edge, and stains throughout. Dust jacket of Volume 3 has moderate wear along the extremities, a small open tear along the front fore edge, and stains throughout. Boards have mild wear along the spine heads and tails, and light bumping on the tail fore corners of Volume 3. Textblocks have mild wear along the edges and mild to moderate age-toning along the edges. Textblock of Volume 2 has stains along the edges. Textblock of Volume 3 has a stain on the half-title page, white stains on the rear end-page, and stains along the edges. Signed flat by Günter Grass on the title pages of all Volumes. CONTENTS: Vol. 1, "THE TIN DRUM", is price-clipped, 591 pages -- Vol. 2, "CAT AND MOUSE", price is uncut "$3.95", 189 pages -- Vol. 3, "DOG YEARS", price is uncut "$6.95", 570 pages. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. Günter Grass was born October 16, 1927 in the Free City of Danzig (today Gda?sk, Poland) to parents of German and Pomeranian-Polish descent. Grass would gain great acclaim from his first and most well-known work "The Tin Drum" published in 1959 as well as it's sequels "Cat and Mouse", published in 1961, and "Dog Years", published in 1963 which have collectively come to be known as "The Danzig Trilogy". The trilogy explores the complexities and hardships endured by the various peoples of the then Free City of Danzig (now Gda?sk) during the rise of Nazism and it's effects during and after the Second World War. Grass himself had firsthand experience with Nazism, having enlisted and been drafted into the Waffen-SS in 1944, an experience which likely pushed his outspoken criticism of Nazism and German failures to properly deal with it's Nazi past. "The Danzig Trilogy" is widely hailed as Grass' best work and despite initial bans for supposedly inappropriate topics, the trilogy as a whole has since been vindicated and is widely held as a classic of post-War German literature. "The Tin Drum" would see a film adaptation of the same in 1979 which itself saw some success in then West Germany. 1389714. Special Collections. First American Editions, First Printings. Artikel-Nr. 1389714

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