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Dog Years
by Grass, Gunter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harcourt, Brace & World / A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. First US edition, first printing. Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, top edge red, brown endpapers. Originally published in Germany in 1963 as "Hundejahre." Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim. . The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket (now in Mylar)(with the $6.95 price intact) has minor chipping at the head and heel and slight wear at the corners, else near fine. A sharp, clean, collectable copy of the 3rd and final volume in the author's "Danzig Trilogy." FINE/VERY GOOD.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (vi), 570 pp .
Synopsis
A novel set in three parts, beginning in the 1920s and ending in the 1950s, that follows the lives of two friends from the prewar years in Germany through an apocalyptic period and its startling aftermath. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29018
- Title
- Dog Years
- Author
- Grass, Gunter
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & World / A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Literature, novels, Gunter Grass;, Danzig Trilogy
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
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- Chipping
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