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Cat And Mouse; Translated by Ralph Manheim
by Grass, Gunter
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Helen and Kurt Wolff Book, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First America edition, First printing of Cat and Mouse by Gunter Grass.. Octavo, 189pp. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. In publishers first state dust jacket, very good, $3.95 on front flap, light sunning to spine, wear along edges. A nice example of this first edition. Translated by Ralph Manheim. Jacket designed by nobel laureat, Gunter Grass. This is book number 2 of the Danzig Trilogy, follwoing The Tin Drum.
Synopsis
Set in Danzig, Germany during World War II and centered on the narrator's vivid recollection of a boyhood scene, this marvelously entertaining, powerful and at times very funny narrative explores the serious undercurrent of what it means to be human in an age of wars and rebellions staged for the world's political theatre. As relevant today as it was when it was first written in 1961, Cat and Mouse was written directly after the publication of Grass's famous work The Tin Drum.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1751
- Title
- Cat And Mouse; Translated by Ralph Manheim
- Author
- Grass, Gunter
- Illustrator
- First America edition, First printing of Cat and Mouse by Gunter Grass.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- The Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse Grass, danzig trilogy, gunter grass first edition
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