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Hans Fallada – The Drinker- with review slip – First Edition 1952
£1,250.00
First edition, first printing. Published by Putnam in London, 1952. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper is finely illustrated by Klaus Meyer. It is slightly worn at the corners and bumped at the spine tips. It has not been price clipped. There is slight toning to it, with some minor handling marks throughout. The publisher’s red cloth is lightly bumped at the corners and spine tips, with gilt lettering to the spine. The endpapers are clean, but with a bit of toning. The publisher’s ‘For Review’ slip, printed on yellow Putnam headed paper, marks the date of publication (Feb 11.) and sale price (12s. 6d.). It is free from previous owner’s ink. The top text block has some foxing, though the bottom and side remains clean. Overall, this is a near fine copy.
“Der Tinker” was written in code in September 1944 while Fallada was in prison on a charge of attempted murder. His German publisher knew of its existence, found the manuscript and deciphered it, then published it under his imprint in 1950, three years after Fallada’s death.
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First edition, first printing. Published by Putnam in London, 1952. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper is finely illustrated by Klaus Meyer. It is slightly worn at the corners and bumped at the spine tips. It has not been price clipped. There is slight toning to it, with some minor handling marks throughout. The publisher’s red cloth is lightly bumped at the corners and spine tips, with gilt lettering to the spine. The endpapers are clean, but with a bit of toning. The publisher’s ‘For Review’ slip, printed on yellow Putnam headed paper, marks the date of publication (Feb 11.) and sale price (12s. 6d.). It is free from previous owner’s ink. The top text block has some foxing, though the bottom and side remains clean. Overall, this is a near fine copy.
“Der Tinker” was written in code in September 1944 while Fallada was in prison on a charge of attempted murder. His German publisher knew of its existence, found the manuscript and deciphered it, then published it under his imprint in 1950, three years after Fallada’s death.
