The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass (1962) first edition book

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Gunter Grass - The Tin Drum

New York: Pantheon, 1962. First American edition, first printing (first published in Germany in 1959). Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth binding. 591 pp. Dark topstain. Translated from German by Ralph Manheim. Fair condition. Relatively clean ex-library copy. Stamps on lower textblock edge and front endpapers; card pocket on rear endpaper verso. No other markings to text. Light scuffing, general wear to edges of boards and textblock. Dust jacket is in very good condition with a bit of rimpling/creasing along periphery (see photos).

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