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ENDPAPERS: A Family Story of Books, War, Escape and Home. -

by WOLFF, ALEXANDER:

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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,pale blue background with dark blue+pale blue wood-cut type illustration to front panel of dw/dj and a white rectangular panel to centre of the illustration with capitalised,black-lettered part-title and grey lettered sub-title,capitalised, black-lettered author's name,along with critic's black lettered review - all within the white panel; dark blue spine/backstrip with capitalised,white-lettered part-title+ author name and publisher's white illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with a larger upright rectangular panel over repeated front dw/dj illustration,leaving just a narrow border's edge of same.Inside the panel 5 critics' reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present - a small smudge? to front panel.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain royal blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate speckled pale-grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix -xivpp+2-376pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/table, a Prologue,an Introduction,18 chapters,contemporary b/w biographical photographs and b/w facsimile ephemera reproduction illustrations interspersed throughout the text and the book,an Epilogue,Acknowledgements and Sources,a 10pp Bibliography,Image credits,Notes and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,the first page of Contents list/table,a double-page b/w illustrated German-American genealogical family tree chart with an inset Key,a part title separator page with b/w photograph and b/w facsimile illustration of Almanac od Art and Poetry cover. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exceptional, exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness. In 2017, acclaimed journalist Alexander Wolff moved to Berlin to take up a long-deferred task: learning his family's history.His grandfather Kurt Wolff set up his own publishing firm in 1910 at the age of twenty-three, publishing Franz Kafka, Emile Zola, Anton Chekhov and others whose books would be burned by the Nazis. In 1933,Kurt and his wife Helen fled to France and Italy, and later to New York, where they would bring books including 'Doctor Zhivago', 'The Leopard' and 'The Tin Drum' to English-speaking readers.Meanwhile, Kurt's son Niko, born from an earlier marriage, was left behind in Germany. Despite his Jewish heritage, he served in the German army and ended up in an prisoner of war camp before emigrating to the US in 1948. As Alexander gains a better understanding of his taciturn father's life, he finds secrets that never made it to America and is forced to confront his family's complex relationship with the Nazis.This stunning account of a family navigating wartime and its aftershocks brilliantly evokes the perils, triumphs and secrets of history and exile. A powerful portrait of a Jewish German family divided by exile, abandonment and emigration. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item, for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **
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