Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Group Portrait with Lady
by Boll, Heinrich
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0070064237
- ISBN 13
- 9780070064232
- Seller
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, New York, USA: McGraw-Hill Companies, The, 1973. CG4 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear plus some very light edge wear on the bottom board edges plus some soiling on the right outside paper edges plus the usual library stamps and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges and back endapapr plus some soiling on the inside board surfaces from where the dust jacket endflaps were glued down to the boards. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus there is the usual library label on the spine plus there is staining of the front & back endflaps from where there were glued down to the boards. A novel about the effects of Nazi Germany on a small group of people who lived there during the war. Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz. The book's main character is pursuing and interviewing a vast number of people in search of information about a famous but fictional author. This author is a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. By the author of "Acquainted with the Night," "Adam, Where Art Thou?," "18 Stories," "The Clown," "End of the Mission," and "Adam and The Train." 405p. . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Synopsis
In 1972, Heinrich Böll became the first German to win the Nobel Prize for literature since Thomas Mann in 1929. Born in Cologne, in 1917, Böll was reared in a liberal Catholic, pacifist family. Drafted into the Wehrmacht, he served on the Russian and French fronts and was wounded four times before he found himself in an American prison camp. After the war he enrolled at the University of Cologne, but dropped out to write about his shattering experiences as a soldier. His first novel, The Train Was on Time , was published in 1949, and he went on to become one of the most prolific and important of post-war German writers. His best-known novels include Billiards at Half-Past Nine (1959), The Clown (1963), Group Portrait with Lady (1971), and The Safety Net (1979). In 1981 he published a memoir, What’s to Become of the Boy? or: Something to Do with Books . Böll served for several years as the president of International P.E.N. and was a leading defender of the intellectual freedom of writers throughout the world. He died in June 1985. Translator LEILA VENNEWITZ was a distinguished translator of many other German authors, most notably Hermann Hesse, Uwe Timm, Alexander Kluge, Alfred Andresch among others.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Seller
- Bookmarc's
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- SCW04783
- Title
- Group Portrait with Lady
- Author
- Boll, Heinrich
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0070064237
- ISBN 13
- 9780070064232
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Companies, The
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Literature Literary Fiction Nobel Prize Winner German Author
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Translations; Literature / German Literature; Literature / Nobel Prize Authors;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Bookmarc's
Bookmarc's has a 100% money back guarantee on books returned within 30 days of the date they are mailed to you and it is not as described.
NOTE: For International Orders (Any orders outside of the United States)
We regret that we are no longer able to cover the shipping costs for any international orders that are lost or damaged in transit. We are able to provide refunds for the book only.
Our shipping provider using United States Postal Service was recently acquired by Stamps.com which allows us to continue to purchase insurance on the book but not on the postage
About the Seller
Bookmarc's
Biblio member since 2005
La Porte, Texas
About Bookmarc's
Bookmarc's provides a diverse offering of books with an average of 32,000 online. We have been online since 1997. Member of Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), and Texas Booksellers Association (TBA). We are also PayPal Verified.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
This Book’s Categories
The Importance of Dust Jackets
Is the dust jacket of a book worth holding on to? Consider its form, its function, and its beauty. Learn more about dust jackets and their importance to your collection.
Is your family bible valuable?
While they may have sentimental value, bibles passed down through the family are not often worth a lot of money. Learn more...
