New York: G. P> Putnam's Sons, 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Octavo (21x14.5 cm). - [6], 362 pages. - Publisher's original embossed red cloth, title in gilt on spine; near fine. - SIGNED BY HEYM in ink (and with an additional private inscription). - Heym's first novel (Wilpert-Guhring II/2). - STEFAN HEYM [born Helmut Flieg (1913-2001)] fled to Czechoslovakia after the Reichstag fire in 1933, and then to the United States in 1935. In 1952, he returned to Czechoslovakia, and finally settled in East Germany.

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Bookseller: Bibiliophilia Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000333
Title: Hostages. - First novel - SIGNED.
Author: HEYM, Stefan - [EXILLITERATUR]
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: G. P> Putnam's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1942
Keywords: FIRST NOVEL - FIRST EDITIONS - SIGNED BOOKS - EXILLITERATUR - ERSTAUSGABEN - WILPERT-GUHRING - REICHSTAG FIRE - CZECHOSLOVAKIA - EAST GERMANY

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Formerly Helena Szepe Books of Chicago, we have close to 40 years experience as sellers of antiquarian, rare, and interesting books and ephemera. We have recently moved ourselves and our books to sunny Florida.Specialties: Art, Early Printed Books, Science, Scholarly Books, German Books, Hungarian Books.

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
G: Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...