The Tin Drum
by Grass, Günter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Minor rubbing and soiling to boards; light toning to pastedowns; price-clipped dust jacket lightly sunned, creased, and torn. KW
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Minor rubbing and soiling to boards; light toning to pastedowns; price-clipped dust jacket lightly sunned, creased, and torn. KWH-482.
[First US Edition] Günter Grass. Ralph Manheim, translator. The Tin Drum. New York: Pantheon Books, 1962. First American edition.
Octavo. 592pp. Publisher's red pictorial cloth, stamped in black and gilt to spine and front cover, black top-stain, original dust jacket with cover art by the author.
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- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 482
- Title
- The Tin Drum
- Author
- Grass, Günter
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor rubbing and soiling to boards; light toning to pastedowns; price-clipped dust jacket lightly sunned, creased, and torn. KW
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Fiction, Novels
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Addison, Texas
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