The Elephant

London: Macdonald, 1962.. 1st British edition. "This curious and wonderful little book is a brilliant, razor-sharp, ironical satire of totalitarian practices...Mrozek disarms the Dictatorship of the Proletariat by laughing at it, but that is only because he happens to live in Communist Poland...And the crowning irony is that officials of the Polish State Cultural Review awarded 'The Elephant' the… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc, 1962. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Grove Press, NY. 1962. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No DJ. Illustrated by Daniel Mroz. Shelf and handling wear. Rubbing along edges. 176pp.

London: Macdonald, 1962. 1st ed. in English. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 176p. Original black boards. dj. 20cm. Browned newspaper review laid in causing light browning of front end paper.

NY: GROVE PRESS.. Fine. 1962. First American Edition. Cloth. Close to fine in priceclipped Nf. dj. (Faint trace of foxing at edges. Orange hue on spine of dj. mildly faded.) .

UsedVeryGood. Stated First Printing w/ original, unclipped Dust Jacket. Dj shows wear; tanning to the spine and around the edges from age, two open chips around the edges of Dj, scuffing on front cover--given age it is in good condition. Past owners name was blackened out with a permanent marker on the flyleaf. Pages are clean and unmarked.… Read more about this item

Grove Press, Inc, 1965. Paperback. Good. 1965. First Edition Thus. 176 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Pen markings to half title page. Textblock edges dyed red. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners.… Read more about this item

Macdonald, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. jacket is rubbed and lightly marked.no inscriptions,light marks.mild foxing.well bound.[J.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Softcover in good condition with slight bumping on corners and edges. Slight rubbing on cover. Slight smudging on outside edges. Satirical stories deal with superstition, bureaucracy, propaganda, appearance and reality, courtship, marriage, class structure, and education. 1984. A18.

London: MacDonald, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition/DJ Very Good. Daniel Mroz. Signed. Unmarked clean pages. Light shelf wear to DJ. Inscribed by author.

London: MacDonald, 1962 price clipped DW handling soiled with white areas soiled, minor edge rubbing and tiny edge tears, minor offset toning to endpapers, unmarked internally, 176pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Daniel Mroz. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

New York: Grove Press. 1965. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good- in wrappers. Spine is slightly cocked. Ink marking to front panel and top page edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Offers a collection of short stories that satirizes the life in Poland under a totalitarian regime.

Grove Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Out of print Polish classic on totalitarianism. Binding is cloth.

New York: Grove Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1962. First American Edition; Stated First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover in dustjacket. First American edition. Blue cloth boards, clean, bright and sharp. Protected, price unclipped dustjacket is bright, minimal general age toning and shelf wear to edges. Book is firm in binding; unread,… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 1962. 176pp. A collection of satirical stories translated from the Polish by Konrad Syrop (great name). The first of the author's books to appear in the U.K. Illustrated with drawings by Daniel Mroz. Light chipping to dj.. 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Mroz, Daniel. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: MacDonald.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First English language edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (Short edge tear in jacket. Off-setting to end-papers. Faint trace of foxing at edges. ) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages .

New York: Grove Press, 1962. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 176 pp., b&w illus. A novel. Slight lean to spine, edges of boards and page edges sunned. Jacket sunned, more noticeably at spine and folds, with numerous chips and small tears at edges, 1" jagged tear at bottom of front fold. First edition.

Grove Press, 1962. 1st US . Cloth. Fine/Near Very Good. Mroz, Daniel. (1st US) Translated from Polish by Konrad Syrop, illustrated by Daniel Mroz. Slightly smaller book, blue cloth, tiny red illustration of bloated elephant at top front right, 176 lightly browned pages. DJ has white background very slightly and uniformly browned, illustration of fat floating elephant on… Read more about this item

Grove Press,, 1984.. Paperback. Collectable, very good. 1st printing of the Grove Press paperback edition (E-955), 1984, in English only. Cover a little worn, page edges lightly soiled, interior like new. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.

Macdonald, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition in English after 1958 first Polish edition. Some browning to endpapers. Unrelated writing in ink to rear endpaper.