German Literature from Lost Paddle Books, IOBA

First Printing stated. In tan/grey buckram with red and black type and red tinted top page ends that are faded with a few spots. Bottom front corner damaged with fraying, softening, splitting and a little fabric loss. Remaining corners softened with small stain to top front corner. Spine and top of rear board faded and some marks/spots to boards and… Read more about this item

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Edition stated. In tan boards and gilt to type. Purple tinted top page ends. Clean with sharp corners and tight binding. Unlicpped jacket ($6.95) has short tear to top of front panel and some edgewear/nicks to spine ends. A couple creases to front flap.… Read more about this item

New York : Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc., 1987. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. In grey boards with black spine cloth and gilt to type. Fading/discoloration to tops of boards with vertical scuff to front board that appears common to this edition. Light ding to bottom rear corner. Jacket has some shallow scratches across rear… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. First Edition stated. In black cloth with gilt to type. Bump to top front corner and lesser ding to top rear corner. Long gift inscription to ffep dated 1970. Text block well tanned, but otherwise clean with solid binding. Jacket is unclipped with crease… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. First US Edition/11th Printing. Hardcover. Good /Good. In rust red pictorial cloth, flexibound with thinner boards in this edition. Blue and blue-grey to linework and type. Top page ends tinted, but now faded. Rubbing through cloth at bottom corners which along with top rear are a little softened. Some tiny spots rubbed through to… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First US Edition Thus/Ninth Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. The revised definitive edition. In pale green cloth blindstamped to front board and magenta text panels to spine. Tinted top page ends faded and publisher's remainder stamp to bottom page ends. Light ding to top front corner. Interior clean and binding solid. Jacket is unclipped ($4.95)… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1929. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fair/N/A. First Printing stated. In tan/grey buckram with red and black type and red tinted top page ends(Faded). Deckle edges to front and bottom. Some soiling, smudges and marks to boards. Corners fairly sharp. Some erasure to ffep. Ex-library copy wtih stamp to title page, due slip to rfep… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. First US Edition Thus/Eighth Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. The revised definitive edition. In pale green cloth blindstamped to front board and magenta text panels to spine. Tinted top page ends faded. Previous owner's name and address stamp to all three page ends and bookstore stamp to front pastedown. Splash/splatter stain to front page… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 2013. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First U.S. Edition stated with full number line 1-9. In brown cloth with gilt to type. Tiny remainder dot to bottom page ends, otherwise in beautiful shape with sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Jacket is unclipped with light edgewear.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First US Edition Thus/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First American Edition stated. In black cloth with gilt to spine. A lovely copy with just a little fading to heel of spine. Sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Jacket is unclipped and lovely.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good /Good. First American Edition stated. In light blue pictorial cloth with black spine cloth. A couple tiny spots worn through to bottom corners and spot of fraying to head of spine. Top page ends tinted red. Interior clean and binding solid with very sight cock… Read more about this item

New York: New Directions, 1998. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. In grey boards with burgundy cloth and silver type with a little fading at edges. Bottom corners dinged/bumped. Interior cleand and binding solid. Jacket is unclipped($23.95) with light edgewear.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. First US Edition Thus/1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A first printing of the definitive edition - 'revised, reset and reprinted from new plates'. In beige pictorial cloth with brown and blue line work. Top page ends tinted blue with fading towards spine end and pale spot to middle. Cloth is very nice… Read more about this item

A beautifully produced and printed book in white covers with text and image on back. Light ding to bottom front corner, otherwise sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Jacket is unclipped and in beautiful shape.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1947. First Edition Thus/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. The second edition published 15 years after the original apperance in English. In blue cloth and title panel with gilt to type. Top page ends tinted blue with some spotting. Bump to bottom front corner and wear to edges with a few tiny holes worn through at… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. First US Edition Thus/1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The second one-volume edition following the earlier edition on bible paper. Stated One-Volume Edition, October 1939. The orange cloth variant with gilt to spine. Corners dinged/bumped and scratch across bottom of spine. Top page ends tinted yellow. Nice, square and clean with solid binding.… Read more about this item

London: The Hogarth Press, 1959. First UK Edition Thus/Third Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A lovely copy of the author's prose masterpiece in blue boards with gilt to type on spine. A few spots to top page ends and owner's name to ffep, otherwise sharp corners, clean interior and solid binding. Jacket is price-clipped with tanning and… Read more about this item

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1969. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/N/A. The first book to appear in English in the US by this amazing Swiss writer. An ex-library copy that does not appear to have circulated long. In blue boards with dulled gilt and green to type and design motif on spine. Small sticker residue and tiny… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1989. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Nice more recent facsimile edition from BOMC of the first edition and printing. Includes scarce BOMC pamphlet with new introduction by Mordecai Richler. In grey textured boards with red and black type. Top page ends tinted red with a few light scuffs. Clean interior, sharp corners and tight… Read more about this item

Middlesex: Penguin, 1962. First UK Edition Thus/Second Printing. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. Early paperback edition with wonderful cover design. Previous owner's name & address to inside front cover. No crease to spine from reading, but some wear to ends and faint stain at top. Some vertical creasing to front cover and at bottom corner. Tanning to paper.