Peter Schlemiel: The Man Who Sold His Shadow
by Von Chamisso, Adelbert; New translation by Peter Wortsman
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0880641428
- ISBN 13
- 9780880641425
- Seller
-
Toms River, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Fromm International Publishing Company, 1993. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Originally published in German as ""Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte"" in 1814. Stated First U.S. Edition. Hardcover with deep pink boards and maroon spine cloth with gold lettering in very good condition. Text block clean and tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket is in very good condition with high gloss and no defects to note. * From the front DJ flap, ""Asked which book by another author he would most like to claim as his own work, Italo Calvino once said without hesitation, Adelbert von Chamisso's ""Peter Schlemiel."" First published in 1814, this brilliant novel is not only a precursor of Poe, Kafka, and the magic realists - it is a timeless fable with a remarkably contemporary flavor.""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M000619
- Title
- Peter Schlemiel: The Man Who Sold His Shadow
- Author
- Von Chamisso, Adelbert; New translation by Peter Wortsman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0880641428
- ISBN 13
- 9780880641425
- Publisher
- Fromm International Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Fiction, Shades and shadows - Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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