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The Safety Net
by Boll, Heinrich. Translated By Leila Vennewitz
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Franklin Center. Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library., 1981 The First Edition Society. True first edition in full leather binding with gilt lettering, edges and decorations, moire endpapers, ribbed spine. Some small flecks to gilt on top edge and a faint scratch to foredge otherwise a Fine unopened copy with Note from the Editors insert. No dust jacket as issued.
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Jackson
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 258591
- Title
- The Safety Net
- Author
- Boll, Heinrich. Translated By Leila Vennewitz
- Illustrator
- Alan E. Cober
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library.
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center. Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1981
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
Terms of Sale
Ken Jackson
Any book may be returned for any reason. If not as described we will pay shipping both ways.
About the Seller
Ken Jackson
Biblio member since 2005
Calgary, Alberta
About Ken Jackson
We are a family business and have been involved in books since 1971.
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