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The Call of the Toad. (SIGNED).
by Grass, Gunter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; Secker and Warburg. 1995., 1995. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Octavo, pp. [6], 248. Ivory white publishers' cloth over boards with gilt spine titles. Original illustrated publishers' dust-jacket in ivory and scarlet. Corners and spine tips slightly bumped. Tight, clean pages with no ownership marks. Author's signature to half-title. Bright clean jacket, not price clipped. Near Fine in Near Fine. A signed first edition by arguably one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. A synchronous meeting between two widowers, a West-German art historian specialising in gravestones and a polish art restorer, leads to a well intentioned project to create a "cemetery of reconciliation". A biting satire set against the political backdrop of 1980s Gdansk.
Synopsis
A German art historian and a Polish art restorer find adventure and love in the cemetery business. Their vision is to offer plots in Gdansk to those Germans who had been exiled after World War II. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Line drawings by the Author. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8828
- Title
- The Call of the Toad. (SIGNED).
- Author
- Grass, Gunter
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London; Secker and Warburg. 1995.
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Fiction
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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