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LARSON**, ERIK : IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS

LONDON.DOUBLEDAY/an imprint of Transworld Publishers,2011.

ISBN 9780857520425.

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,monochrome+colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj, with capitalised,gilt-lettered author name, capitalised,white-lettered title and other flat printed,part capitalised white lettered credit for author's previous 'The Devil in the White City' title; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as front,a thumbnail colour photograph detail front front's photograph,and publisher's white lettered+ illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with same thumbnail photograph detail as spine and 7 critic's yellow+white lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright,crisp,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,unblemished sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering,a red silk headband and immaculate Tiergarten b/w street map+Key to front endpapers,rear endpapers with an expanded b/w Berlin city street map with Tiergarten area inset.UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn,xivpp+4- 448pp [paginated] includes Das Vorspiel [German for Prologue] - author's Prologue,a prelude - The Man Behind the Curtain,Pts I-VII (1-7) comprising 5,5,8,and 9 chapters for 1933,11,8, and 9 chapters for 1934 respectively,a 6pp Epilogue,a single page Coda with blank reverse, Sources and Acknowledgements,Notes,a 12pp Bibliography,single page Photograph Credits with blank reverse and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,Contents list/table,an epigram [Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy: Canto 1] the latter three,each with a blank reverse,individual Year's date separator pages each with a blank reverse, individual Pts,Epilogue and Sources+ Acknowledgements separator pages,the latter four,each with thumbnail b/w contemporary photograph illustration and blank reverses,and to the rear,prose extract from Christopher Isherwood, 'Down There on a Visit',with author's potted bography to its reverse and 2pp blanks.    See also my book ID rja717217 for LARSON's  'THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY: MURDER, MAGIC AND MADNESS AT THE FAIR THAT CHANGED AMERICA.',a UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.                            Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative nonfiction,and in this book,the bestselling author of 'The Devil in the White City' turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler's rise to power.                The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.          A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife,son,and flamboyant daughter,Martha.At first Martha is entranced by the parties and pomp, and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence. Enamored of the "New Germany," she has one affair after another, including with the surprisingly honorable first chief of the Gestapo, Rudolf Diels.              But as evidence of Jewish persecution mounts, confirmed by chilling first-person testimony, her father telegraphs his concerns to a largely indifferent State Department back home.Dodd watches with alarm as Jews are attacked, the press is censored, and drafts of frightening new laws begin to circulate.As that first year unfolds and the shadows deepen, the Dodds experiences days full of excitement,intrigue, romance - and ultimately horror,when a climactic spasm of violence and murder unmasks Hitler's true character and ruthless ambition.            Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the period,and with unforgettable portraits of the bizarre Goring and the expectedly charming - yet wholly sinister - Goebbels. 'In the Garden of Beasts' lends a stunning eye-witness perspective on events as they unfold in real time,revealing an era of surprising nuance and complexity. The result is a dazzling,addictively readable work that speaks volumes about why the world did not recognize the grave threat posed by Hitler until Berlin,and Europe,were awash in blood and terror.                                          Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! 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UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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