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The Tin Drum: (First U.S. Edition) Signed Scarce
by Gunter Grass
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Fort Lauderdale , Florida, United States
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About This Item
First American edition. Red cloth, spine lettered gilt and black, pictorial black stamping to spine and cover. Pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the Author on the half-title page, no inscription. Scarce.
Book Condition- Near Fine: A firm square signed copy. Moderate wear to the cloth binding. Foxing to the outer text block edges. Owner's name stamp to front pastedown.
Dust Jacket Condition- Very Good+: A bright dust jacket cover. A touch of sunning to the spine. Spine upper edge rubbed. A few very minor closed tears - to upper spine edge, and back cover edge. Not price-clipped. Original $6.95 price on flap. Brodart cover.
Book Condition- Near Fine: A firm square signed copy. Moderate wear to the cloth binding. Foxing to the outer text block edges. Owner's name stamp to front pastedown.
Dust Jacket Condition- Very Good+: A bright dust jacket cover. A touch of sunning to the spine. Spine upper edge rubbed. A few very minor closed tears - to upper spine edge, and back cover edge. Not price-clipped. Original $6.95 price on flap. Brodart cover.
Synopsis
Acclaimed as the greatest German novel written since the end of World War II, The Tin Drum is the autobiography of thirty-year-old Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who, as the novel begins, is being held in a mental institution. Willfully stunting his growth at three feet for many years, wielding his tin drum and piercing scream as anarchistic weapons, he provides a profound yet hilarious perspective on both German history and the human condition in the modern world.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heartwood Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HCX11520-1
- Title
- The Tin Drum
- Author
- Gunter Grass
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Heartwood Books
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About Heartwood Books
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- Text Block
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- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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