The Safety Net: Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz
by Boll, Heinrich
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
"This Limited First Edition of The Safety Net by Heinrich Boll has been privately printed exclusively for Members of the First Edition Society." The binding is very tight so possibly never read. The usual silk endpapers, gold foredges and satin bookmark. Some minor rubbing on foredges but still a NF copy.
Synopsis
In 1972, Heinrich Böll became the first German to win the Nobel Prize for literature since Thomas Mann in 1929. Born in Cologne, in 1917, Böll was reared in a liberal Catholic, pacifist family. Drafted into the Wehrmacht, he served on the Russian and French fronts and was wounded four times before he found himself in an American prison camp. After the war he enrolled at the University of Cologne, but dropped out to write about his shattering experiences as a soldier. His first novel, The Train Was on Time , was published in 1949, and he went on to become one of the most prolific and important of post-war German writers. His best-known novels include Billiards at Half-Past Nine (1959), The Clown (1963), Group Portrait with Lady (1971), and The Safety Net (1979). In 1981 he published a memoir, What’s to Become of the Boy? or: Something to Do with Books . Böll served for several years as the president of International P.E.N. and was a leading defender of the intellectual freedom of writers throughout the world. He died in June 1985.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stillman Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 224SB
- Title
- The Safety Net
- Author
- Boll, Heinrich
- Illustrator
- Alan E. Cober
- Format/Binding
- Sumtuous Green leather with gilt titles and decoration
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1981
- Pages
- 368
- Size
- Sm. 8 vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Stillman Books
Biblio member since 2023
Coquitlam, British Columbia
About Stillman Books
After closing my most recent bookstore in White Rock, B.C., I have decided to sell strictly online for the foreseeable future. My inventory is heavy on
children's and other illustrated books, along with aviation, sea and naval and other categories. I'm still plugging along after 42 years of book-selling.
children's and other illustrated books, along with aviation, sea and naval and other categories. I'm still plugging along after 42 years of book-selling.
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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