ANDERSCH, ALFRED - Translated by Michael Bullock:: FLIGHT TO AFAR

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ANDERSCH, ALFRED - Translated by Michael Bullock: : FLIGHT TO AFAR

LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1958.

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UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Originally and first published, Germany,1957 under title of 'Sansibar oder der letzte Grund'. This is the first English translation and also the first of this author's works to appear in English.] VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Iconic Gollancz yellow background dw/dj with red+black lettering to front panel,black letters to darkened spine/backstrip,rear panel with slight discoloring and grubbing - commensurate with book's age,similar narrow,darkened strip along top,front+rear edges; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners miniscule chipping and tiny closed tears at head+foot of spine/backstrip - no other major nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges lightly toned from dust-soiling with faint but minimal,sporadic foxing, fore-edges brighter but also toned with minimal,sporadic foxing too; contents fairly bright,tight and clean - majority of foxing for the most part - restricted to page edges and not to the body of text,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain red cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,near immaculate plain white eps,hinges solid and sound without any splits or cracking. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-192pp [paginated] includes story,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,Dylan Thomas epigram - all with majority of foxing along their respective page edge tops. A masterpiece of condensed,dramatic writing in which events, while losing nothing of the brutal reality that characterizes the world of persecution and fear in which they occur,nevertheless attain a universal significance that makes them symbolic of the human condition as a whole. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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