The Deputy
by Hochhuth, Rolf; Winston, Richard and Clara (trans)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Press, 1964. First U.S. Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 352pp. Prev owner name inked on title and half-title pages. Red boards, brown cloth quarter-wrap spine with gold lettering. Light shelf wear to bottom edges. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean, showing small wear to head and tail and corners. DJ preserved now in archival cover. Octavo. Originally published in Germany as Der Stellvertreter; translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. Foreword by Dr. Albert Schweitzer. The full, uncut text of the original, complete with the author's own sidelights on history. Third printing, stated. "Also published in English under the title The Representative, the play which indicts Pope Pius XII for his failure to speak out or take action against the Holocaust, has been translated into twenty languages and proven controversial in each one. It was adapted for film in 2002 under the title Amen.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047381
- Title
- The Deputy
- Author
- Hochhuth, Rolf; Winston, Richard and Clara (trans)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition 3rd Printing
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Hochhuth, Rolf, 1931-2020. Der Stellvertreter. Pope Pius XII. Catholic church complicity with Nazis. Holocaust, Jewish, 1939-1945 -- Plays. Amen (motion picture) NOISBN Continental European
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- Plays / Scripts / Screenplays / Librettos;
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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