The Tin Drum
by Grass, Gunter
Acclaimed as the greatest German novel written since the end of World War II, The Tin Drum is the autobiography of thirty-year-old Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who, as the novel begins, is being held in a mental institution. Willfully stunting his growth at three feet for many years, wielding his tin drum and piercing scream as anarchistic weapons, he provides a profound yet hilarious perspective on both German history and the human condition in the modern world.
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The Tin Drum
by Grass, Gunter
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- First Edition in English
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- 1962
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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SGD 137.70
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New York: Pantheon Books, 1962. First Printing, no additional printings stated. Near Fine, bit of separation of page block at head of spine, prior owner name neatly lined out front end page, small bump top edge. In a Very Good dust jacket, front flap clipped, small chips and tears at spine tips. Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim.. First… Read more about this item Item Price
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Edmonds, Washington, USA
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SGD 550.80
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New York: Pantheon, (1962). First U.S. edition / First printing. Red cloth. Fine in price-clipped jacket about fine. The author's first novel, and most famous work. This is a bright sparkling copy. The jacket is on a heavy stock with a thick varnish. Though price clipped, it is not to be confused with the lighter uncoated book club… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tin Drum.
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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SGD 4,406.40
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London: Secker and Warburg, 1962. The uncorrected proof of the first British edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original green wrappers as issued. Signed by the author on the title page. In near fine condition showing only light wear. Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim. When Günter Grass published "The Tin Drum" in 1959 it was as… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tin Drum.
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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SGD 3,442.50
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London: Secker and Warburg, 1962. When Günter Grass published "The Tin Drum" in 1959 it was as if German literature had been granted a new beginning after decades of linguistic and moral destruction. Within the pages of this, his first novel, Grass recreated the lost world from which his creativity sprang, Danzig, his home town, as he remembered it… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tin Drum; Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim
by Grass, Gunter
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- Used - Orig. red cloth front cover illustrated in black, lettered in gilt. Fine in near fine dust wrapper
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- First American edition
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- 1962
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ardsley, New York, USA
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SGD 275.40
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New York: Pantheon Books, 1962. First American edition. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth front cover illustrated in black, lettered in gilt. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 592 pages. 22 x 15 cm. This work, his first novel has been translated into all major European languages, and its meaning implies we are all moral hunchbacks. Book jacket drawing by… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tin Drum (Signed)
by Grass, Gunter
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- 1st Edition
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- 1962
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Canterbury, Kent, GBR
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SGD 2,589.90
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London: Secker & Warburg. FIRST UK EDITION. The book has mild pushing to spine tips and a small single penned name to upper front paste down. Bright crimson unfaded top stain. The wrapper has a little soiling to the rear cover with a very small chip to upper edge of rear cover. Light browning to spine. Overall a near fine copy. This one… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tin Drum.
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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SGD 11,704.50
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New York: Pantheon, 1962. First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear to the spine. Association copy, inscribed by the author to poet Robert Lowell in a German inscription, translated into English, which reads: "To Robert Lowell, in admiration and in the hope… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE TIN DRUM
by Gunter Grass
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- Very Good
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- 1963-03-12
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- 9780394449029
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Tomball, Texas, USA
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SGD 172.12
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First Edition; first English translation. A very good book in a very good plus dust jacket. A handsome copy of this seminal work of post-war Germany. This very good book is clean and bright with some mild fading to the top board edge and spine, some light crimping to the spine ends, a tear running through the front paste down… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 172.12
The Tin Drum
by Grass, Günter
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- First American Edition
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- 1961
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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SGD 130.82
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New York: Pantheon, 1961. First American Edition. Hard Cover. near fine/near fine. 22 x 15 cm. Octavo. 592pp. Price clipped dust jacket and very light wear near top edge of the back of jacket. First American edition with no additional printings noted. A beautiful copy. Nobel Laureate's first novel and acclaimed masterpiece. Preceded by the London edition of… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE TIN DRUM
by GRASS, GUNTER
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Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
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SGD 4,819.50
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1962. GRASS, Gunter. THE TIN DRUM. Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim. NY: Pantheon, [1962]. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. Author's first novel. Signed by Grass on the half-title page. While copies of the American first edition are common, signed copies are quite scarce. One of the most highly acclaimed novels of post-war Germany.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tin Drum (Picador Books)
by Grass, Gunter
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- Paperback
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- 9780330305549
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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SGD 2.90
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Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
SGD 2.90
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The Tin Drum
by GRASS, Gunter
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- Near Fine
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- 1962
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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SGD 1,377.00
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(New York): Pantheon Books, 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Octavo. 591, [1]pp. Top corners slightly bumped else very near fine in slightly age-toned else near fine dust jacket with a few tiny nicks and tears. Advance Review Copy with publisher's complimentary slip laid in. Signed by the Nobel Prize-winner on the half-title. Item Price
SGD 1,377.00
The Tin Drum
by GRASS, Günter
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- 1962
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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SGD 68.85
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(New York): Pantheon Books, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Octavo. 591, [1]pp. Slightly cocked with light fading to the spine and stains on back cover, very good, without dustwrapper. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with an estate label designed by their son, Jonathan Shahn. Item Price
SGD 68.85
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The Tin Drum
by Gunter Grass
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- 1st Edition
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- 1962
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- Hardcover
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Windsor, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 619.65
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A very nice first printing of the first American edition [Pantheon (New York 1962)], signed by the 1999 winner of the Nobel Prize Gunter Grass directly on the half title page. The book is in near fine condition with bumps on the spine ends, some shelf wear and a previous owner's bookplate. The book has no remainder marks, a tight… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tin Drum
by Grass, Gunter
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1962
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- Hardcover
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Troup , Texas, USA
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SGD 137.70
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United States: Pantheon, 1962. Clean text. Gently read. No previous owners names or bookplates. Mild toning to the text block edges. Some mild compression to the spine heel and crown with a shelf rubbing mark to the bottom edge and some toning to the jacket spine. Red boards and spine, black and gold lettering. Dust cover not clipped. Mild shelf… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tin Drum.
by Grass, Gunter
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- 1962
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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SGD 2,478.60
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New York: Pantheon, 1962. First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's classic first novel. Octavo, bound in full black morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, top edge gilt. Signed by Gunter Grass on the title page. Translated by Ralph Manheim. In fine condition. "When Günter Grass published "The… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tin Drum
by Gunter Grass
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- First Edition
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- 1962
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Fort Lauderdale , Florida, USA
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SGD 1,239.30
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First American edition. Red cloth, spine lettered gilt and black, pictorial black stamping to spine and cover. Pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the Author on the half-title page, no inscription. Scarce.
Book Condition- Near Fine: A firm square signed copy. Moderate wear to the cloth binding. Foxing to the outer text block edges. Owner's name stamp to front pastedown.
Dust… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,239.30
The Tin Drum
by Grass, Günter
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- Used - Good
- ISBN
- 9780679725756
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Reno, Nevada, USA
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SGD 10.93
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Item Price
SGD 10.93
The Tin Drum
by Gunter Grass
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- Used - Acceptable
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- 1967
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- Paperback
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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SGD 4.33
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Penguin Books, 1967. Paperback. Acceptable. 1967. Reprinted. 585 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Covered in non removable laminate. Item Price
SGD 4.33
The Tin Drum
by Grass, Gunter
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1962
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- Hardcover
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Woodstock, Illinois, USA
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SGD 61.96
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New York: Pantheon, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Translated by Ralph Manheim. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($6.95), generally toned, a few chips of loss at the head of the spine. Blue cloth, faded at the edges, with black ink and gilt lettering and decorations on the spine and front board. Square and… Read more about this item Item Price
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